Re: How to make use of reconnect, or to free pending queue on server

[Jules Colding <colding omesc com>]

On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 17:59 +0100, Michael Haubenwallner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My problem is that my ORBit2-Server's memory consumption is growing,
> which leads to a real problem if running for some days.
> 
> Attached is a file containing the backtraces for the problematic
> allocations causing the memory grow, as they are allocated for each new
> connection, but are not freed when this connection is closed.

I think this got fixed in CVS HEAD. Try the latest CVS and see if that
fixes it for you.

-- 
  jules


> These are not real memory 'leaks' in valgrind/purify speaking, as they
> are stored in some list, which is freed at shutdown, but in fact they
> never get reused in my environment, so, for me, they _are_ leaks.
> 
> When digging into the code, i found this comment:
> 
> linc2/src/linc-connection.c at link_connection_state_changed_T_R():
> 
>     case LINK_DISCONNECTED:
>         ...
>         /* don't free pending queue - we could get re-connected */
>         ...
> 
> What if this reconnect never occurs ?
> 
> Is it possible somehow to get this 'pending queue' freed without server
> shutdown ?
> Or - which requirements must a client meet to get reconnected ?
> 
> Thanks
>   haubi
> 
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