[patch] fix another module loader memory leak

Daniel Stone daniel at fooishbar.org
Tue Feb 12 12:46:56 PST 2008


On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 11:56:46AM -0800, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
> Just out of curiosity could you provide more high-level context for users
> concerning these patches?
> 
> For example, do any of these memory-leak fixes correspond to the substantial
> memory leak for X that consumes something like 1 GB of memory per week? At
> least that was the rate of loss of memory that I measured looking at the RES
> column for the "top" application for the Xorg process last time I checked
> for the Debian unstable version of X (about a month ago since my X has been
> up and down quite a bit since).  For example, I restarted X recently and top
> shows RES for Xorg at 11MB which is quite reasonable, but if X stays up and
> that past "Big" memory leak has not been fixed, then after a week or so that
> RES amount will be up to a GB even if I completely simplify my desktop by
> killing all browsers, most xterms, etc.

This is assuredly not that leak, though they are useful and should
definitely be merged.  I'm working on tracking down the huge leak(s),
but unfortunately my time is being swallowed up by work and real life
right now, so I'm a mere three months behind schedule.

Cheers,
Daniel
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