Subject: Re: [ast-developers] Releasing memory obtained via |mmap()| to the system... --------
> The issue I got bug reports about is that if ksh93 allocates very > large arrays as function-local variable then leaving the function > doesn't release the memory... even if it's in the two-digit GB range. > The issue is that this puts the system's VM subsystem under major > stress... and IMO more stress than allocators which explicitly tell > the underlying kernel that the memory is temporarily not needed. > > ksh93 should free all memory from arrays in function local variables. There was a memory leak for this, but this was fixed for 13-03-17. David Korn [email protected] _______________________________________________ ast-developers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-developers
