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Re: [Various] libc/1235: DB2 leaks mmaps
- To: drepper@cygnus.com
- Subject: Re: [Various] libc/1235: DB2 leaks mmaps
- From: hjl@lucon.org (H.J. Lu)
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 15:40:11 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: jgg@ualberta.ca (Jason Gunthorpe),aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de (Andreas Jaeger),libc-alpha@sourceware.cygnus.com (GNU libc testers)
>
> Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ualberta.ca> writes:
>
> > If it helps I can give you guys an arm/alpha account ?
>
> Not really. I have an ARM machine here at home but have to update the
> tools. In any way I have to be familiar with the architecture to
> efficiently debug a program since in many cases you cannot use the
> normal debugger. Therefore I do even try debugging unless I have such
> a machine.
>
I can see the bug. BTW, you should see the bug on all platforms where
HAVE_SPINLOCKS is not defined. Basically db will mmap a tmp file during
open. But it forgets to munmap it during close.
I will see what I can do. But I will be very busy for the next few
days.
--
H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)