07-28-2010
Memory Leak
Hi,
I am trying a database server which keeps a B+ plus tree structure and works on it.
I am trying to find the memory used/leak while executing this process.
I check the memory leak by using ps uax command.
When i execute a delete query i am sure that my code frees up the existing allocation and adds a new allocation.
By doing this is, memory usage should not increase as per my understanding. Because the new allocation will always be less than the previous allocaiton.
But it shows increase in memory when check using ps uax.
Is it that when I call free function and that will not immediately return the memory chunk to free.
Or what is best way to check how many allocations have been made in a process and what size.
Please help me on this.
Regards
Kumaran
9 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. Programming
Hi,
First of all I appreciate this group very much for its informative discussions and posts.
Here is my question.
I have one process whose virtual memory size increases linearly from 6MB to 12MB in 20 minutes. Does that mean my process has memory leaks?
In what cases does the... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: shriashishpatil
4 Replies
2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I am running c++ code on AIX unix.I have a doubt that my code is using some memory but it is not clearing that.Some time i am getting heap allocation problem.In my code i am not using any malloc,new functions also i am justing using pointers and arrays.
Is there any way i can find out if the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: ukatru
2 Replies
3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I tried to execute a sample pthread program to cancel a newly created one using pthread_cancel(). but using valgrind on my code shows some memory leak.
My Code:
#include "iostream"
#include "unistd.h"
#include "pthread.h"
#include "signal.h"
using namespace std;
void handler(int);
void*... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: kcr
4 Replies
4. Programming
I have this code...
#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <pthread.h>
static void* cliente(void *datos);
int main()
{
pthread_attr_t tattr;
int ret;
size_t size = PTHREAD_STACK_MIN + 0x0100;
ret = pthread_attr_init(&tattr);
ret =... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: JEscola
8 Replies
5. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi.
This might be a strange request, but does anyone have any idea on a simple shell script that would use more and more memory as it ran? Like a purposeful leak.
I want to test the behaviour of an already running program when the machine runs out of memory.
Thanks! (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: rebelbuttmunch
4 Replies
6. IP Networking
Hi All,
my client server application can work in two modes:
1) one direction - only client sends msgs to server
2) two directions - server gives 'answers' to client.
when program run in the first mode it looks OK, but when server answers to client than client's application exit its... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: lenna
2 Replies
7. Programming
hi all
Can any one plz explain me about memory leak problem
Thankx (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: sonali
5 Replies
8. Red Hat
Hi all
I am using RED HAT 5.4, and i am getting memory uses problem. when i use "sync;echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_cache" command the memory will release after 2,3 hour memory show 95%.
pls suggest right way.
thanks (37 Replies)
Discussion started by: reply.ravi
37 Replies
9. Programming
I have written this code in C which reads a very large collection of text files and does some processing. The problem with this code is that there are memory leaks which I am not able to figure out as to where the problem is. When I run this code, and see the memory usage using top command, then I... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: shoaibjameel123
7 Replies
LEARN ABOUT SUSE
numastat
NUMACTL(8) Linux Administrator's Manual NUMACTL(8)
NAME
numastat - Print statistics about NUMA memory allocation
SYNOPSIS
numastat
DESCRIPTION
numastat displays NUMA allocations statistics from the kernel memory allocator. Each process has NUMA policies that specifies on which
node pages are allocated. See set_mempolicy(2) or numactl(8) on details of the available policies. The numastat counters keep track on
what nodes memory is finally allocated.
The counters are separated for each node. Each count event is the allocation of a page of memory.
numa_hit is the number of allocations where an allocation was intended for that node and succeeded there.
numa_miss shows how often an allocation was intended for this node, but ended up on another node due to low memory.
numa_foreign is the number of allocations that were intended for another node, but ended up on this node. Each numa_foreign event has a
numa_miss on another node.
interleave_hit is the number of interleave policy allocations that were intended for a specific node and succeeded there.
local_node is incremented when a process running on the node allocated memory on the same node.
other_node is incremented when a process running on another node allocated memory on that node.
SEE ALSO
numactl(8) set_mempolicy(2) numa(3)
NOTES
numastat output is only available on NUMA systems.
numastat assumes the output terminal has a width of 80 characters and tries to format the output accordingly.
EXAMPLES
watch -n1 numastat
watch -n1 --differences=accumulative numastat
FILES
/sys/devices/system/node/node*/numastat
BUGS
The output formatting on machines with a large number of nodes could be improved.
SuSE Labs Nov 2004 NUMACTL(8)