Karsten Desler wrote: > * Karsten Desler wrote: > > * Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Yes, please --- the patch is at: > > > > > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-06/msg00486.php > > > > Thanks. > > I've applied the patch now, and I'll keep you posted. > > It doesn't seem to have helped, and while poking around a little, I > found another annoyance. libpq seems to leak memory if I pass a dns name as > host in conninfo. It doesn't leak when I do the getaddrinfo myself and pass > an IP. > > root 16580 0.0 0.2 4004 1304 ? S 10:07 0:00 monitor > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > root 22434 0.0 1.9 47328 9240 ? S Jun07 5:42 monitor > xxx.xxx.xxx.yyy > > ==9980== 4648 bytes in 166 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 4 of 4 > ==9980== at 0x1B90459D: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:130) > ==9980== by 0x1BC39E3B: (within /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libresolv-2.3.2.so) > ==9980== by 0x1BC38B92: __libc_res_nquery (in > /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libresolv-2.3.2.so) > ==9980== by 0x1BC39289: (within /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libresolv-2.3.2.so) > ==9980== by 0x1BC38E8F: __libc_res_nsearch (in > /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libresolv-2.3.2.so) > ==9980== by 0x1BDA907D: ??? > ==9980== by 0x1B9F0A65: (within /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.3.2.so) > ==9980== by 0x1B9F1673: getaddrinfo (in /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.3.2.so) > ==9980== by 0x1B9259A1: getaddrinfo_all (in /usr/lib/libpq.so.3.1) > ==9980== by 0x1B916F3B: (within /usr/lib/libpq.so.3.1) > ==9980== by 0x1B9164E9: PQconnectStart (in /usr/lib/libpq.so.3.1) > ==9980== by 0x1B916471: PQconnectdb (in /usr/lib/libpq.so.3.1)
I think what you are seeing is that the getaddrinfo memory is placed in the PGconn structure that isn't freed until PQclear is called. Does your test call PQclear()? -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
