[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #3317: mythbackend memory leak

[Stuart Auchterlonie]

Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> MythTV wrote:
>> #3317: mythbackend memory leak
>> -----------------------+----------------------------------------------------
>>  Reporter:  anonymous  |        Owner:  stuarta
>>      Type:  defect     |       Status:  new    
>>  Priority:  minor      |    Milestone:  0.21   
>> Component:  mythtv     |      Version:  head   
>>  Severity:  medium     |   Resolution:         
>> -----------------------+----------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Comment(by Jeremy Green <jaggroups at brownout.com>):
>>
>>  Well, the backend seems to still be using an ungodly amount of memory:
>>
>>  10970 mythtv    15   0 1577m 1.3g  14m S    0 64.0   4:44.61 289m
>>  mythbackend
>>
>>  This less than a day after I started it with --noupnp
>>  So, I don't know how much of the upnp code this disables but it disables
>>  it all then that seems to imply that the problem is elsewhere. Right?
>>
>>   
> I'd just like to comment that I too am seeing this behavior on R13352.  
> mythbackend was showing about 1g of RAM after maybe 2 or 3 days of 
> operation.  At this point I started getting problems forking 
> mythcommflag processes so none of my commercial flagging was working.  
> Restarting the backend immediately dropped it down to 262m of virtual 
> RAM.  If there is anything I can do to provide additional data or 
> debugging, please advise.
> 

Can you run a debug build under valgrind for a while and try to provoke
it with whatever devices you have on your network.

You'll need the following magic incantation

valgrind --tool=memcheck --error-limit=no --show-reachable=yes 
--log-file=valgrind-mythbackend.log --leak-check=full -v -- mythbackend 
<any usual backend options> | tee backend.log


Probably need to run it for a few hours if possible

Thanks
Stuart