Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 09 Apr 2006 23:37:46 -0700 | From | Leonid Kalev <> | Subject | Re: Tracking down leaking applications |
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Rahul Karnik wrote:
> >The process killed has been either httpd or cronolog so far. For now, >I have upgraded to FC4's 2.6.16-1_1069 and added some swap, where >previously there was none. > >Is there a way to: >- confirm that it is a userspace and not a kernel issue? >- track down the application that is leaking memory? > > This seems a bit off-topic for LKML, because you should *always* check user-space for memory leaks before blaming the kernel. A few things that can help you with your questions: - the 'ps' utility, to see who eats the memory - valgrind - an excellent tool for tracking down memory leaks (and other bugs, too). Comes with Fedora, but check the Web for a newer version.
Regards,
Leo.
>Thanks for the help, >Rahul >-- >Rahul Karnik >rahul@genebrew.com >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > >
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