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

[Rob Verduijn]

hello again

ok after 4 hours the results are slightly different

the definitely lost is still the same
the possibly lost sections is a bit larger this time

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leak summary
==23546== LEAK SUMMARY:
==23546==    definitely lost: 4,536 bytes in 5 blocks
==23546==    indirectly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==23546==      possibly lost: 1,098,356,449 bytes in 3,120,225 blocks
==23546==    still reachable: 16,582,584 bytes in 151,644 blocks
==23546==         suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==23546== Reachable blocks (those to which a pointer was found) are not
shown.
==23546== To see them, rerun with: --leak-check=full --show-reachable=yes
==23546==
==23546== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
==23546== ERROR SUMMARY: 1385 errors from 1385 contexts (suppressed: 3 from
3)

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2010/11/1 Rob Verduijn <rob.verduijn at gmail.com>

> 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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