[bf1942] Memory Leaks in Linux server?

[Darcy]

Yeah, I wouldn't rule out memory leaks, of course, but that was just my
first observation/thought.
It is still beta, afterall...

Darcy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Latham" <rasto at swbell.net>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [bf1942] Memory Leaks in Linux server?


> Actually it's been pretty stable, by and large, except of course when I'm
> about to make a magnificent kill.
>
> I'll try your test... but I can tell you that the used RAM goes up
steadily
> througout the day.  Seems to me it would have plenty of opportunity to
free
> it up again..but I understand, it might be "free".
>
> But I still wonder if memory leaks couldn't be the cause of so many
crashes
> and reboots...I've worked with several software companies, and they are
> such an (unecessarily) common problem...
>
> Lee
>
>
> At 04:19 PM 7/3/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> >You mean you can really keep a bf1942 server running for more than
several
> >hours straight??  ;)
> >On my server ith 512 RAM, the three processes for bf1942_lnxded are each
> >using 12.6% (~194MB).
> >Your operating system will cache a lot of memory and place data in
buffers,
> >which is what it does if several programs close and reopen.
> >
> >Just run a test. Open a large application, and load up a lot of data.
When
> >you close the program, it doesn't get released right away, and it will
tally
> >up the 'used' field. I've often seen servers with 1GB of RAM and only 4MB
> >free, and its doing absolutely nothing. Just was the accumulation of a
lot
> >of disk caching, etc.
> >
> >Darcy
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Lee Latham" <leeprivate at cgmlarson.com>
> >To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
> >Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 16:12
> >Subject: [bf1942] Memory Leaks in Linux server?
> >
> >
> >> I've noticed that I need to reboot my server once a day or so, because
the
> >> amount of memory available is rather a lot less (~900 megs) than that
> >> apparently in use by all the various processes (accorting to "top").
> >>
> >> I didn't see anything about it in the forums, so I'm wondering if I'm
> >> hallucinating or if the server really does have some nasty memory
leaks?
> >>
> >> Lee
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