cc: mhlav...@redhat.com
Subject: Re: we found two memory leaks in ksh
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> 1) first one is related to an alias.
> ### set up
> alias ls='/bin/ls -ltr'
> ### and call it in a loop
> a=`ls some_file_that_does_not_exist 2>/dev/null`
>
> as a result, ksh eats more and more memory
>
> 2) second one is related to autoloaded functions
> ### set up
> cat >test48_autoload <<EOF
> #!/bin/ksh
>
> function test48_autoload
> {
> echo "function call"
> }
> EOF
>
Thanks, I can reproduce the problem and hope to have a fix next week.
The first leak doesn't happen with ksh93u and the second one only
has a small leak in ksh93u which I have a fix for.
David Korn
d...@research.att.com
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