Re: memory leak when write in a file (with O_DIRECT flag).

[Vincent Cassi <cassi@vexcel.com>]

Steve Lord wrote:

> On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 10:04, Vincent Cassi wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >   I have a small program that take a buffer and copy it in a file.
> >   If (and only if) the flag O_DIRECT is given to the open command, a
> > memory leak appeares.
> >   The /proc/meminfo file, show the free memory going down each time that
> > the program is running.
> >
> >   The average of the memory leak is 160 kBytes with a buffer of 80 Meg
> > Bytes.
> >   The buffer is alligned and mlocked before the write.
> >   The system used: Mandrake: 8.2
> >                                    XFS: 2.0.0-1 mdk
> >                                    linux: 2.4.18
> >
> >   What I'm doing wrong ???
> >   Thanks for any help.
> >
> >   Vincent
>
> Is there any chance you can try a cvs kernel, there have been major
> changes in this area since 2.4.18.
>
> Steve
>
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>
> Steve Lord                                      voice: +1-651-683-3511
> Principal Engineer, Filesystem Software         email: lord@sgi.com

I did new tests with the kernel 2.4.19-rc1 and its corresponding XFS patch.
It looks like the memory leak is still there but a lot smaller.

Thanks,
Vincent