Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #8889 Updated: Memory is not being freed.

The big problem is that the memory is never returned to the system. The Apache process holds on to it until it dies. Brian Moon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phorum Dev Team - http://phorum.org Making better forums with PHP ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Look for my presentation at ApacheCon 2001. "Caching Dynamic Web Content to Increase Dependability and Performance" http://www.apachecon.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andi Gutmans" <andi@zend.com> To: <brian@phorum.org>; <php-dev@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 1:45 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 4.0 Bug #8889 Updated: Memory is not being freed. > 14MB of memory in use isn't necessarily that much. Some of that memory > might be in shared libraries (shared across the Apache processes). Are you > doing any big SQL queries in those scripts? > Do you have time to do some tests and let us know if things improve? > > Andi > > At 06:31 PM 4/30/2001 +0000, brian@phorum.org wrote: > >ID: 8889 > >User Update by: brian@phorum.org > >Status: Open > >Bug Type: Performance problem > >Description: Memory is not being freed. > > > >I am talking about nearly endless amounts. I saw Apache processes with as > >much as 14MB of memory in use. > > > >Brian. > > > >Previous Comments: > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >[2001-04-29 19:59:56] zeev@php.net > >What kind of sizes are we talking about here? the Zend memory manager > >holds a memory cache, but we're talking at around 1MB per process max. > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >[2001-01-26 18:45:45] brian@phorum.org > >Ok, this is just like what is described in > > >>http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-dev&m=97923602322593&w=2 > >which > >contains a hacked up solution. It looks like it should be able to turn > >into a usable end solution. > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >[2001-01-24 13:21:13] brian@phorum.org > >Hi guys, > > > >I do not have much information. I know that my Apache processes memory is > >growing by the minute. If I start a separate server on another port and > >serve only static pages and files through it, those process do not grow. > > > >I have tried what I remembered of gdb but have not come up with > >anything. I know I need to attach to a process and it seems I can `gdb > >{pid}` but that gives me nothing. How can I get some info for you > >guys? I do have --enable-debug. > > > >thanks, > > > >Brian. > >Phorum.org > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >Full Bug description available at: > >http://bugs.php.net/?id=8889 > > > > > >-- > >PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > >For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >