Re: edbinfo from hell

"Contractor Robert J. Eustace Mr" <eustace@wpdis01.wpafb.af.mil> Thu, 10 August 1995 21:01 UTC

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From: "Contractor Robert J. Eustace Mr" <eustace@wpdis01.wpafb.af.mil>
Subject: Re: edbinfo from hell
To: lpc@sware.com
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X-Orig-From: "Luis P. Caamano" <lpc@sware.com>
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Luis,

In your message of  4 Aug 1995 at 1213 EDT, you write:
> The reason ours got killed is that we're running quipu 8.0 which seems
> to have really bad memory leaks.  Our dsa, while processing that edb
> 		(cut out here...)
> At this point, we have several options: a) increase the max sbrk value
> per user in the kernel (the quick, dirty, fix), b) fix the edb related
> memory leaks.  If there are any other options, pls tell me so.
> 		(cut out here...)
> The reason I'm posting this is b).  I've noticed that the quipu's
> memory leak appear to be really bad at edb processing time.  Before
> 
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There is an 8.1 patch that is supposed to mix memory leaks.  

Try looking in ftp://terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu/x500.

What kind of machine are you running ISODE 8.0 on?

Bob E.
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