Re: 2.2.11: Complicated memory leak...
Chuck Lever (cel@monkey.org)
Fri, 13 Aug 1999 11:53:03 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> (anyone having the leak troubles)
>
> Have you seen the problem with free showing 4G of buffers or such? If
> you see that, (and if it _does_ have the same consequences as in 2.3.x)
> death isn't far away. I made a booboo in 2.3.x in using try_to_free_buffers
> which caused the exact symptoms reported for 2.2.11. MM gets very upset
> (murderously so) when buffermem doesn't get updated properly ;)
just curious...
what makes you think that buffermem is the problem and not a symptom?
- Chuck Lever
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