[mythtv] Memory Leak with current CVS

Jeremy Hanmer jeremy at hq.newdream.net
Fri Nov 14 19:02:10 EST 2003


I'm also running gentoo with cvs as yesterday evening and don't have any
memory problems.  I'm upgrading to current cvs after seeing a few small
commits today (1 related to a leak) to see if it pops up.

On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 15:34, Jason Miller wrote:
> I haven't seen much this afternoon on the memory leak people are seeing with
> the current CVS.  Right now it has me pretty much dead in the water.  I've
> been trying with little to no success to help pin it down.  Is this something
> everyone sees or are there systems running current CVS that don't have memory
> problems?
> 
> What I do know for what it's worth:
> 
> - Gentoo System
> - 2.4.20 Kernel
> - qt 3.2.2
> - PVR 250 with Latest ivtv CVS
> 
> Valgrind run on the backend doesn't find anything significant.
> Unfortunately, Valgrind doesn't support SSE instructions so the frontend
> kills it.
> 
> Watching live tv does NOT leak but watching a previously recorded show does.
> 
> The leak will burn through a gig of ram within about 15 minutes.
> 
> Shared memory usage does NOT go up as the leak progresses.
> 
> That would be the extent of what I can think of to try.  Any pointers as to
> what to try next to help pin it down would be greatly appreciated.
> 
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