[mythtv] Re: Memory Leak with current CVS

Jason Miller jasonmiller at micron.com
Sat Nov 15 15:53:58 EST 2003


Umm, I didn't see anything related to fixing the leak on the commits list
other than a sarcastic quip.  What are you referring to?


On 15/11/03 12:02 -0600, Kirby Vandivort wrote:
> Which would make this a good time to remind people that if they
> are running CVS, they should be on the commit mail list so that
> they know when things like this are fixed.
> 
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 12:56:59PM -0500, weaselgod wrote:
> > Looks like someone found the leak.  Or at least has minimized it.  I 
> > updated a little while ago and it is doing much better.
> > 
> > Eric
> > 
> > Jason Miller wrote:
> > 
> > >On 14/11/03 17:08 -0700, Curtis Stanford wrote:
> > > 
> > >
> > >>On November 14, 2003 04:58 pm, Jason Miller wrote:
> > >>   
> > >>
> > >>>>On November 14, 2003 04:45 pm, J Donavan Stanley wrote:
> > >>>>       
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 18:34, Jason Miller wrote:
> > >>>>>         
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>>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.
> > >>>>>>           
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>Has anyone looked at diffs of the source tree over the past 48 hours or
> > >>>>>so? Might be as easy to find as getting a diff and greping for
> > >>>>>new/malloc delete/free. More likely though there's a conditional added
> > >>>>>that causes an existing delete/free to be bypassed but it's worth a
> > >>>>>shot.
> > >>>>>         
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>On 14/11/03 16:47 -0700, Curtis Stanford wrote:
> > >>>>I updated CVS to one 4 days ago and leak still there. Must be further
> > >>>>than that. Although I do get a leak on live TV.
> > >>>>       
> > >>>>
> > >>>I saw the same, and I also see the leak on live tv btw, don't know what I
> > >>>was seeing before.  Can't easily roll back past where the schema changed 
> > >>>to
> > >>>see exactly where it happened.
> > >>>     
> > >>>
> > >>Sorry, mixed up my directories. CVS from 4 days ago does NOT have the 
> > >>leak (front or back). Something happened between then and now.
> > >>   
> > >>
> > >
> > >Retried CVS from 4 days ago and I definitely have the problem.  Another BIG
> > >clue.  Mplayer playing myth .nuv files leaks like a sieve too if I use the
> > >-fs option.  Works great in a window.  Could someone else confirm that?  
> > >I'm
> > >starting to think this is going to be painful :)
> > > 
> > >
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