On 10/1/06, Fred Tyler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However, my machine looses between 500 M and 800 M in two weeks, and
> within that time, I restart pg only very few times, say 3-4 times.
> Does pg allocate other shmem blocks? If there is really a kernel memory
> problem i
OK, that kills the theory that the leak is triggered by subprocess exit.
Another thing that would be worth trying is to just stop and start the
postmaster a large number of times, to see if the leak occurs at
postmaster exit.
It is not from the exit. I see the exact same problem and I never
rest
> Tonight I am going to upgrade postgres on the first machine and see if
> it makes any difference, but it'll be about a week before I know for
> sure if memory is still being lost (it's such a slow leak that you
> cannot tell with just a couple days).
I use the latest 8.1.4 postgres software on
However, my machine looses between 500 M and 800 M in two weeks, and
within that time, I restart pg only very few times, say 3-4 times.
Does pg allocate other shmem blocks? If there is really a kernel memory
problem in shmem, how can I loose so much memory?
This is the same thing I am seeing --
