Forgot to include a subject line, my apoligies.
---------------------------------------- > From: jetso...@hotmail.com > To: openssl-users@openssl.org > Subject: > Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:48:01 +0000 > > > Greetings. > > I have recently done some testing with OpenSSL versions 0.9.8i and 0.9.8j. > Basically, the application is opening 10,000 connections between a client and > server on the same Linux machine. I've noticed quite a difference in memory > utilization when monitered with the Linux top command. > > 0.9.8i will show an increase in memory from before the connections being > opened to after of maybe 1 GB. (The system has 32 GB available) With 0.9.8j, > from before the connections being opened to after, an increase of 12+ GB is > observed. This is quite a difference, and may be causing some problems. At > one point, the program seg faulted with a "double free or corruption" error. > I can not reproduce this consistently, however. > > Everything runs well with version 0.9.8i. I'm wondering if anyone might know > what is responsible for the significant difference in memory usage between > the two versions? I should be using the same SSL CTX for all of the > connections. Hopefully I'm providing enough information. > > I have done some searching, and found one issue with a memory leak in version > 0.9.8j: > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.openssl.devel/14996 > > But I don't think this is the issue I am seeing. > > From the CHANGES log, I noticed that TLS extensions are enabled by default in > 0.9.8j, but don't know if that's the reason for the increase in memory usage? > > Thanks in advance. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager > majord...@openssl.org______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
