On Dec 9 13:25, Petr Titěra wrote: > On 9.12.2014 10:58, Marco Atzeri wrote: > >On 12/9/2014 9:53 AM, Petr Titěra wrote: > >>Hello, > >> > >>I'm dealing with possible resource leak in cygwin on Windows-7. I'm > >>running a script which repeatedly calls another script (every 5 > >>seconds). After a while script ends with memory error. All my memory > >>seems to be eaten by Page Table entries and in the memory map I see a > >>lot of cygwin processes with 4 pages allocated (I can provide screenshot > >>if neccessary). Is this known issue? > >> > >>Attached is cygcheck output without any modification. > >> > >> > >>Petr Titera > >> > > > >without the scripts or a simplified version that exhibits the issue, > >it is impossible to state if it is due to any cygwin programs or it is > >due to https://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PEBCAK > > > Hello, > > I can understand this. And it might definitely be PEBKAC. But what I see is > real and I do not thing I've screwed my scripts so much. > > Attached is simple reproducer I was able to get from my scripts. If you will > test it you will have to change base url in fetchData.sh. > > When I run this script for a while I see a lot of 'zombie' bash, sleep and > wget processes in RamMap (they do not show in task manager). I can provide > screenshot. > > If that would matter I run this scrips from truecrypted disk.
I don't know if that matters but I don't think so. Running some virus scanner (see https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.using.bloda) may be the culprit. FWIW, I can't reproduce the issue with the script you provided. Process number (even hidden ones) and memory usage are stable. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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