[mythtv-users] `Mythbackend leaks memory` continued
Nick Rout
nick.rout at gmail.com
Wed Jul 23 22:28:12 UTC 2008
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 4:31 AM, Udo van den Heuvel <udovdh at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 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
Perhaps the logging scripts should also be recording how many
recordings were under way at each measurement point. mythtv-status
might help with reporting this.
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