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> >From: BrianR <brianr@torgo.ml.org>
> >Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 16:09:27 -0500
> >Subject: Possible Kernel Memory Leak in 2.0.28
> >
> >Anyone else experience a _permenant_ depletion of memory after loading
> >several large files in the gimp? Here's how I reproduce the problem.
> ...
>
> GIMP (being pre-version-1 software) is kinda buggy; it actually sometimes
> leaves behind anonymous shared memory areas, which you'll see if
> you use the 'ipcs' command.
>
> The rmshm.linux program than comes with GIMP will de-allocate these -
> this ISN'T a kernel bug.
>
> Cheers,
> --Adam
I couldn't find this in the gimp docs, but perhaps mine are fubar'd. At
any rate, this deallocates the memory and stabilized my system.. Is there
any reason why shared memory belonging to defunct processes is not
automatically deallocated?