Hi, On Sat, 8 Dec 2007, Jon Smirl wrote: > On 12/8/07, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Sat, 8 Dec 2007, Jon Smirl wrote: > > > > > It is very easy to use dmalloc with git. Follow the instructions here, > > > http://dmalloc.com/docs/latest/online/dmalloc_4.html > > > > > > But using dmalloc shows a pervasive problem, none of the git commands > > > are cleaning up after themselves. For example I ran a simple command, > > > git-status, and thousands of objects were not freed. > > > > Known problem. Goes by the name of "libification" on this list. > > I tried using dmalloc to find the leak in repack but it is impossible > to sort out the accidental leaks from the on-purpose ones. On exit > there were millions of unfreed objects coming from all over the place. This might be a starting point: http://repo.or.cz/w/git/dscho.git?a=commitdiff;h=2083418c5010f04fbcd6e1f67de522ad6acd863d Hth, Dscho - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
