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

Not that I believed anything serious was wrong, but can you tell me specifically what was "fixed". Is there any change in Andi's statement (which is always what I've understood)? Brian brianlmoon@php.net wrote: > > ID: 8889 > Updated by: brianlmoon > Reported By: brian@phorum.org > Status: Closed > Bug Type: Performance problem > Operating system: > PHP Version: 4.0.4 > Assigned To: > Comments: > > This is all fixed in 4.0.6. > > Previous Comments: > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [2001-05-01 03:01:29] andi@php.net > The main problem is that once the system's standard C library allocates heap space (with > the sbrk() system call) it will never return that memory to the system. > PHP can't solve this problem. If you do find certain things in the future which take up > much more memory than they should please open a new bug report and we will check into it. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [2001-04-30 14:31:27] brian@phorum.org > I am talking about nearly endless amounts. I saw Apache processes with as much as 14MB of > memory in use. > > Brian. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, > please view the bug report online. > > ATTENTION! Do NOT reply to this email! > To reply, use the web interface found at > http://bugs.php.net/?id=8889&edit=2 > > -- > 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