On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 04:16:35PM -0600, Jean-Jacques Clar wrote: > "Memory in Apache never shrinks". > Is this a true statement? > When reaching a cruising state (stable load, same files requested, all > files in cache) > should I see some fluctuation in the APR. allocated memory (going up > and down) OR > should it stay always at the same value?
Ideally it will stay about the same, maybe occasionally raising slightly to accomodate some abnormal conditions. > Should the call to apr_pool_clear(ptrans) at the end of the request > decrease the > memory allocated in APR. or is it just putting that memory back > available in the pool? Even if it were calling free() you wouldn't see your allocated memory decrease (from viewing top or ps output). -aaron
