Re: Tracking down leaking applications

[Leonid Kalev]

Rahul Karnik wrote:

> The process killed has been either httpd or cronolog so far. For now,
> I have upgraded to FC4's 2.6.16-1_1069 and added some swap, where
> previously there was none.
>
> Is there a way to:
> - confirm that it is a userspace and not a kernel issue?
> - track down the application that is leaking memory?
>  
This seems a bit off-topic for LKML, because you should *always* check 
user-space for memory leaks before blaming the kernel. A few things that 
can help you with your questions:
- the 'ps' utility, to see who eats the memory
- valgrind - an excellent tool for tracking down memory leaks (and other 
bugs, too). Comes with Fedora, but check the Web for a newer version.

Regards,

Leo.

> Thanks for the help,
> Rahul
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> Rahul Karnik
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