Re: [Clamav-users] 0.93.3 memory doubling problem

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Author: Stephen Gran
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To: clamav-users
Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] 0.93.3 memory doubling problem
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 09:52:43AM -0700, Dennis Peterson said:
> Tomasz Kojm wrote:
> > On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:48:01 -0500
> > Russell Jones <> wrote:
> >
>
> >>
> >> .. the memory usage jumps to 131 megs and stays there. What is causing
> >> this, and how can I fix it?
> >
> > Please have a look at
> > https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1028
> >
>
> Is this not a problem with Sparc processors, then? I've not witnessed it
> at all on my systems.


I can't remember - are you a solaris shop? A different c library could
certainly explain it, although I suspect a different cpu wouldn't make
much of a difference. It has to do with how memory is allocated and
garbage collected, and a different malloc/free/realloc/etc implementation
might make a difference there.
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