Re: Out of memory: system();

["Ed K." <ed hp uab edu>]

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, Markku Kolkka wrote:
> Ed K. kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika lauantai, 12. kesäkuuta
> 2004 02:11):
> > I do have a working test:
> >
> > #include <stdio.h>
> > #include <unistd.h>
> > #include <stdlib.h>
> > #include <errno.h>
> >
> > int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> > {
> >    unsigned char *data;
> >    int i;
> >
> >    data=malloc(500*1024*1024);
> >    memset(data,0,500*1024*1024);
> >
> >    for (i=0; i<100000; i++)
> >      system("cat /proc/meminfo");
> > }
> >
> > This does not cause problems on FC1 (kernel 2.4.22-1.2188) But
> > does on FC2 (kernel 2.6.5-1.358)
>
> I ran this program successfully on FC2 with kernel 2.6.6-1.424,
> 512MB RAM and 1GB swap. No signs of memory leaking.
>
> --
> 	Markku Kolkka
> 	markku kolkka iki fi

Well, I upgraded the computer to kernel 2.6.6-1.427, and the test program works.
but this didn't fix my problem, time to write a new test program....

I'll submit one when its ready.

ed

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