Re: memory leaks !?

[stefan parvu <stefan parvu comptel com>]

Hi there,

About Linus: I've read his comments about this fact and this was also my
point:
page 2 Chapter Microkernels from OpenSources: Voices from the Open
Source Revolution.

I asked because I am a little bit confused ... monolithic vs.
microkernel.

Rgds,
Stef


robert_gasch peoplesoft com wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> could you not just kill the guilty apps and restart them? This should free
> any
> memory they have allocated and return it to the system.
> 
> 1) Also, I seem to remember that x11amp (now called xmms) had some memory
> leaks in earlier versions ... you probably want to upgrade to the latest
> xmms
> version which (hopefully) will solve this for you ...
> 
> 2) Mircokernel vs Monolithic: read Linus' chapter in the book "Open Sources
> -
> voices from the open source revolution". He talks about some of the
> distrinctions
> between the 2 architectures from a (practical) programmers view ...
> 
> Greetings
> --> Robert
> 
> stefan parvu <stefan parvu comptel com> on 07/28/99 02:48:58 PM
> 
> Please respond to redhat-install-list redhat com
> 
> To:   redhat-install-list redhat com
> cc:
> Subject:  memory leaks !?
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> 1.
> I am curios about one fact: sometimes it happen that my machine has all
> the memory absorbed, for instance if I am running netscape or x11amp the
> memory is easily filled up. No way after that the kernel to free the
> memory back. So the only way to do it is to reset the machine. These
> sounds like a memory leaks? Isn't so? What tools or methods can I use to
> measure them/prevent them?
> 
> I do not want to recompile for instance x11amp!
> 
> Please somebody could give a tip here?
> 
> 2.
> In the "The Linux Edge" it is said that a microkernel is "notably slower
> than a monolithic kernel". See some real examples of implementations of
> microkernels a la QNX  ... ? Is that notable slower in real nuclear
> environment?
> 
> >From my point of view a microkernel is more capable to handle hardware
> fault errors than a monolithic (Net cards ...). Using a monolithic u
> must reboot your box, using a microkernel the device manager for
> instance could be restarted and nobody is hurting about this change? So
> somebody could point me to more information about this?
> 
> Rgds,
> Stef
> I like Linux since '93
> 
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