Valgrind(memcheck & massif) can help you in finding the leaks. If you are using tcmalloc, you can use heap profiler to see the current allocations and find out the culprit. You can refer http://docs.ceph.com/docs/jewel/rados/troubleshooting/memory-profiling/ Varada On Wednesday 28 September 2016 10:51 AM, Elita Lobo wrote: > Hi, > > I am using ceph for a research project and was trying to implement a > new jerasure plugin. The code works perfectly when I try to put small > objects ( 16Mb files) in a single pg but breaks when I am trying to > put some really large object in a cluster having multiple pgs. I am > pretty sure its a memory leak but not sure how to detect it. > > Can someone please suggest some tools that would help me detect > memory leaks in ceph? > > Thanking you, > Yours sincerely, > Elita Lobo > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > PLEASE NOTE: The information contained in this electronic mail message is intended only for the use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this message in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender by telephone or e-mail (as shown above) immediately and destroy any and all copies of this message in your possession (whether hard copies or electronically stored copies). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html