Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 13:51:39 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), eivind@yes.no, alk@pobox.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: something is leaking Message-ID: <199810042051.NAA06504@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 04 Oct 1998 20:04:46 -0000." <199810042004.NAA09520@usr08.primenet.com>
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> > > The shared memory regions are not being "owned" and reference > > > counted correctly. > > > > > > This is either a bug in the X Server, or in netscape. > > > > Very few kernels are configured to have that much shared memory; I > > don't think this has anything to do with it. I've observed Netscape's > > interesting growth patterns on systems without SYSVSHM devined (ie. no > > MIT-SHM extension available). > > Try it before you comment. You can't really argue with success. As I > said, I've been unwilling to track it down. I don't know how you come to the conclusion that I haven't tried it, especially when I explicitly stated that I had. There is a hard limit on the amount of SYSV shared memory that can be allocated. Even on systems without it enabled, Netscape still blows out to a ridiculous size, way beyond this value. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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