[gst-devel] Unknown error 513 in pthread_create after several hours of running a Gstreamer based application

[Marco Ballesio]

Hi,

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 7:04 AM, parveen.jain <parveen.jain at one97.net> wrote:

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> I clearly see most of RAM is now in form of cache. I still didn’t stop my
> application and allowed it run for few more hours and after sometime I see
> that process give segmentation fault while creating the pthread
> (create_pthread::unknown error 513).I also tried to observe the “core” file
> of application created in this way , but it doesn’t’ show anything.

An apparently good guide I found with google on how to tune the page cache:

http://www.westnet.com/~gsmith/content/linux-pdflush.htm

Are you writing any data to file from your threads?

..snip..

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> No need to mentioned that any help or clue will be highly appreciated and
> regardedJ

since you've already seen that the increased memory usage is not due
to GStreamer but to the page cache, I'd suggest you to post the
question to your distro's ML, probably they'll have better answers
than I do ;).

Regards

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> Other Info regarding my system:
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> Linux testing 2.6.18-92.el5 #1 SMP Tue Apr 29 13:16:15 EDT 2008 x86_64
> x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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> Gnu C                  4.1.2
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> Gnu make               3.81
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> binutils               2.17.50.0.6-6.el5
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> util-linux             2.13-pre7
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> mount                  2.13-pre7
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> module-init-tools      3.3-pre2
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> e2fsprogs              1.39
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> quota-tools            3.13.
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> PPP                    2.4.4
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> Linux C Library        > libc.2.5
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> Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.5
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> Procps                 3.2.7
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> Net-tools              1.60
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> Kbd                    1.12
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> Sh-utils               5.97
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> udev                   095
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> Modules Loaded         autofs4 hidp rfcomm l2cap bluetooth sunrpc ipv6
> xfrm_nalgo crypto_api dm_mirror dm_multipath dm_mod video sbs backlight
> i2c_ec button battery asus_acpi acpi_memhotplug ac lp i2c_i801 ide_cd
> i2c_core shpchp e1000 tg3 cdrom parport_pc parport i5000_edac serio_raw
> edac_mc sg pcspkr ata_piix libata aacraid sd_mod scsi_mod ext3 jbd uhci_hcd
> ohci_hcd ehci_hcd
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> Best Rehards,
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> Parveen Jain
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