Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 20:23:47 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: remy@boostworks.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: free() not freing pagedirs pages. Message-ID: <52718.976130627@critter> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 06 Dec 2000 20:07:07 %2B0100." <200012061907.UAA31917@luxren2.boostworks.com>
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In message <200012061907.UAA31917@luxren2.boostworks.com>, Remy Nonnenmacher wr ites: >OK. In fact my problem was just a printf that allocated a buffer via >__smakebuf at the very last moment (when all memory was allocated). >This prevent free() to give back all previous pages up to this one. The >problem was _not_ in malloc.c. > >Anyway, i learned a lot from hacking the source to catch the caller. >Thanks. Yeah, I often find a "print a traceback" function missing in libc... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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