Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:57:10 -0700 | | From | David Ashley <> | | Subject | Re: Cached memory never gets released [SOLVED!!!] |
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I've located the source of the leak.
Linux is innocent! Sorry for doubting you.
The problem is mozilla/flash allocates shared memory segments but doesn't get a chance to clean them up properly.
So: Flash memory leak is present related to japanese fonts and our particular flash content.
We've installed a watchdog process that kills mozilla and restarts it once it uses up too much memory.
The watchdog process kills mozilla so mozilla doesn't have an opportunity to free up its shared memory allocations. They build up over time: ------ Shared Memory Segments -------- key shmid owner perms bytes nattch status 0x00000000 3014673 root 666 1920000 0 0x00000000 1310738 root 666 1920000 0 0x00000000 2162707 root 666 1920000 0 0x00000000 5537812 root 666 1920000 0 0x00000000 3866645 root 666 1920000 0 0x00000000 4718614 root 666 1920000 0 When I ipcrm these the cached memory goes back down to normal levels.
Thanks for everyone who responded, and sorry for wasting everyone's time.
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