Platform: NT4 SP6, Apache 1.3.27/28, mod_perl 1.28, perl 5.6.1
Scenario: When running any script (print hello...) multiple times memory usage of apache slowly grows (maybe 400byte/request)
Apache Setting: ScriptAlias /perl/ "E:/Apache/cgi-bin/" <Location /perl> SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler Apache::Registry #PerlSetupEnv Off Options ExecCGI </Location>
I found out that if you set "PerlSetupEnv Off" then the leaking stops!!! But I also lose the Apache ENV vars :(
You don't lose Apache ENV vars, you loose mod_cgi-emulation ENV vars. You can still access them via various mod_perl methods. You could also try to call $r->subprocess_env, at the very beginning of your handlers/scripts, but I don't know if it's going to make any difference leakage-wise.
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The last thing Apache::Registry does, is emulation of mod_cgi's environment variables, like $ENV{SERVER_NAME}, $ENV{REMOTE_USER} and so on. PerlSetupEnv Off disables this feature which saves some memory and CPU cycles.
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That was incorrect information. Apache::Registry doesn't do that. 'SetHandler perl-script' does that. It "was" because I've just removed that para from intro.pod ;)
I think mod_perl generates the ENV hash every time a script is run and doesn't free up the memory afterwards...
This person seems to have the same problem: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3EE62CB3.935AD041%40news.com (win2k mod_perl 1.27_01 apache 1.3.27)
This is quite possible, since I doubt mod_perl 1.0 is used much in production on windows, so bugs are more than likely. Someone on winFU needs to debug this. Alternatively try mod_perl 2.0, which is scalable on winFU.
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