Re: /proc/pid/maps keeps growing

[Avi Kivity <avi@argo.co.il>]

Raj wrote:

> I have been load testing a server running on RHEL 3.0 (2.4.21). I see that the
> /proc/pid/maps keeps growing.
>
> If the server is leaking memory, then i expected, the heap address to
> change rather than
> creating a new segment. As the server is a threaded app, i tried
> ld_preloading my own
> library to catch all pthread_create calls, but could catch only 4. So
> even threading doesnt
> seem to be an issue.
>
> so i am wondering now. I know the server is leaking memory. But i dont
> know where to look
> at.
>
> Can someone pls help me in letting me know, in which cases can a
> /proc/pid/maps file keep on increasing ?
>
> The server is running on IBM hardware, with 4GB ram. The maps file
> currently has 2200
> lines just like the ones pasted below.
>
>  
malloc() and friends can use mmap() to allocate memory, usually for 
larger allocations. looks like you have a leak.

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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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