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DateWed, 17 Jun 1998 03:32:33 -0400 (EDT)
FromMathieu Bouchard <>
Subjectshm ?
isn't that pretty much of a documented bug? the user is expected to free 
the shmblocks that an ill-constructed app (like mine) will have left 
behind because of bugs?

taken from man shmctl:

       The  user  must  ensure  that  a  segment  is   eventually
       destroyed;  otherwise  its pages that were faulted in will
       remain in memory or swap.

however, i have tested the same program under Linux and Solaris, and
Solaris didn't seem to "lose" memory, while Linux seems to. I have written
a report on the tests we've done on Linux systems and shm. I should've 
RTFM, because now i know the manpages say it's "normal".

matju


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