[mythtv-users] `Mythbackend leaks memory` continued

Udo van den Heuvel udovdh at xs4all.nl
Wed Jul 23 16:31:25 UTC 2008


Tom Lichti wrote:
>> Can anybody confirm Nick's theory?
>>   
> I can't confirm it, but I am seeing a leak as well. No EIT, no multi-rec 
> here. 

Hmm.. Interesting!

> mythbackend usage went from:
>   PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
> 21401 root       7 -15  234m  30m 8920 S    0  3.1   0:10.93 mythbackend
> 
> to:
> 
> 21401 root       7 -15  282m  62m  10m S    0  6.3  54:18.08 mythbackend

Still quite a growth!

> I will try valgrind at some point 
> and see if I can get anything useful.

Please do.

>> In combination with my way of recording that could explain the figures I
>> see here.
>>   
> Perhaps. Or it's the same problem just magnified by your environment.

Hmmm... I do hope we can get some more valgrind logs so devs could find
a pattern.


Thanks,
Udo


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