Uğur ATA wrote: > I have a client server application which uses a local file socket. > When i connect to the server part and then close the connection the > memory usage stays the same indicating that the resources aren't > freed. Other then this memory leak problem everything is working fine. > Messeages are sent and received. After each message is sent/received > rss indicator in the ps command increases with different amounts for > each different message. When the rss reaches around 64MB the program > stops working and freezes. Then it needs to be restarted. > I couldn't find a solution to this problem anywhere on the web so > thanks in advance if someone could be of help. > Below is the result of uname -a: > Linux server 2.6.27.7-smp #2 SMP Thu Nov 20 22:32:43 CST 2008 i686 > Pentium III (Katmai) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux > Slackware 12.2 is running on that kernel and my source for the server part is: Whatever is causing the leak isn't in the portion of the code which you posted. Also: > struct sockaddr_un client_name; > socklen_t client_name_len = 0; // it should be >= 0 otherwise accept returns EINVAL > int client_socket_fd; > client_socket_fd = accept(socket_fd, &client_name, &client_name_len); If you want accept to initialise client_name, you should initialise client_name_len to the size of the buffer, i.e.: client_name_len = sizeof client_name; -- Glynn Clements <glynn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-c-programming" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
