[jdev] sm memory leaks

[Bob Phan]

On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 16:43, Robert Norris wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 01:08:29PM -0500, Bob Phan wrote:
> 
> j2 is currently pretty lousy when it comes to memory management. It
> generally assumes that it can get as much memory as it wants. Certain
> things (eg the JID cache) are never freed or cleaned up, and can grow
> forever.
Is the JID cache part of the sm?

> A real memory management plan is being developed for the next round of
> server work, which should alleviate this.
How far along is this?  Is there anything I can do to help out?

> As for dicovering real memory leaks, I suggest checking out
> http://valgrind.kde.org/ . I usually run it as:
> 
>   valgrind --skin=memcheck --num-callers=8 --leak-check=yes --show-reachable=yes
> 
> Run the j2 pieces inside it, do your tests, and take a look at the
> valgrind logs when you're done. It will identify leaked memory.
Cool.  I'll be messing with this this week.  I hope to get as much of
the sm patched up as possible as quickly as possible.

Thanks for the help,
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