[mythtv-users] mythbackend crashes every 6-7 hours

Rob Verduijn rob.verduijn at gmail.com
Mon Nov 1 13:31:50 UTC 2010


Hi I'm running it for a prolonged test and will turn on the telly while I'm
at it.

I already tried a 5 hour test but mythbackend crashed before I could kill
it.
Now going for the 4 hour test (the previous one lasted about 4 and a half
hour)

I will keep you posted.

Rob Verduijn


2010/11/1 Brian J. Murrell <brian at interlinx.bc.ca>

> On Mon, 2010-11-01 at 01:21 -0700, Gavin Hurlbut wrote:
> >
> > It is NOT leaking any significant memory.
>
> Dude, he only ran it for 5 minutes.  If you know anything about
> debugging memory leaks you would know that running for a mere 5 minutes
> tells you nothing.
>
> > You have now sufficiently
> > proven it beyond the shadow of a doubt.
>
> I'd hardly go that far with results for a 5 minute test.
>
> Why are you so resistive to the idea that there might be a memory leak
> in mythttv?  What do you have invested that will go afoul if one is
> found?
>
> Are you just so much of a cheerleader that it will crush you to discover
> that there might be a bug somewhere?  Keep an open mind.
>
> > It is telling you that 4.5kB
> > of memory are "definitely lost" and 209kB of memory are "possibly
> > lost".
>
> In just 5 minutes of running!  And given that it was only 5 minutes it
> was probably 5 minutes of only doing nothing significant.
>
> b.
>
>
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