From: Jon Smirl Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 21:02:37 GMT Subject: Re: dmalloc and leaks in git Message-ID: <9e4733910712081302h64d9b062kad02c4f13818d59f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: On 12/8/07, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 8 Dec 2007, Jon Smirl wrote: > > > It is very easy to use dmalloc with git. Follow the instructions here, > > http://dmalloc.com/docs/latest/online/dmalloc_4.html > > > > But using dmalloc shows a pervasive problem, none of the git commands > > are cleaning up after themselves. For example I ran a simple command, > > git-status, and thousands of objects were not freed. > > Known problem. Goes by the name of "libification" on this list. I tried using dmalloc to find the leak in repack but it is impossible to sort out the accidental leaks from the on-purpose ones. On exit there were millions of unfreed objects coming from all over the place. -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com