My original posts were to the dtrace list and the mailman list
"Python process size grows 30x in  8 hours (memory leak?) "
and I did not assume it would be a memory leak, but suspected it could be.
I did a pmap early on - posted to the mailman group - it shows the heap is
the portion growing - but how to get visibility into the heap?

As it turns out, getting a python stack trace out of memleak.d was very
useful and increased my knowledge of Dtrace a whole lot in the process.

If this is not a memory leak, its at least pointed out a deficiency in my
mailman  (I am not ruling out some uniqueness about my installation)
(unbounded growth of runner memory size)
I expect the code maintainers may adopt an optional process reaper
(autorestart) model apache does with its httpd processes, where they are
recycled automatically before they have a chance to grow too much.

That is my current manual workaround (restarting twice a day before memory
is exhausted and it swaps to death)
thanks

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ 2:56pm 72 # pmap -xs 28001
28001:  /bin/python /opt/mailman-2.1.9/bin/qrunner --runner=BounceRunner:0:1
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libcrypto_extra.so.0.9.7
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libcrypto_extra.so.0.9.7
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libcrypto_extra.so.0.9.7
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CFBFB000       4       4       4       -   4K rwx--  ld.so.1
CFBFC000       8       8       8       -   4K rwx--  ld.so.1
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total Kb   28724   28044   23440       -


On 7/2/08 2:58 PM, "rickey c weisner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Fletcher,
> libc malloc being called or not only had to do with the
> naming of your probe.
> Looking at your configure options :
> --with-pymalloc
> This imples to me that python has his own malloc.
> 
> I do not recall, but why do you think you have a memory leak ?
> 
> Just because the process grows over time and does not diminish
> in size does not necessarily mean a memory leak. How do you measure
> the size of your process and are you examining the virtual size
> or the RSS ? The virtual size only grows upward, but I would expect
> it to eventually stabilize. RSS will go up and
> down over time. I would be more concerned with RSS than virtual size
> except for the possibility of exceeding a 4 GB address space for 32 bit
> applications. pmap -xs would be interesting.
> 
> rick
> 
> On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 02:27:31PM -0700, Fletcher Cocquyt wrote:
>> Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:27:31 -0700
>> From: Fletcher Cocquyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: Re: [dtrace-discuss] Memory leak scripts - analysis
>> In-reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: rickey c weisner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Cc: [email protected]
>> Thread-topic: [dtrace-discuss] Memory leak scripts - analysis
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>> Ok, maybe this is significant in the context of explaining why my python
>> (mailman) processes seem to grow abnormally?
>> If the libc malloc is not being called, why and is that an important issue?
>> 
>> 
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ 2:17pm 54 # ldd /bin/python
>>         libresolv.so.2 =>        /lib/libresolv.so.2
>>         libsocket.so.1 =>        /lib/libsocket.so.1
>>         libnsl.so.1 =>   /lib/libnsl.so.1
>>         librt.so.1 =>    /lib/librt.so.1
>>         libdl.so.1 =>    /lib/libdl.so.1
>>         libm.so.2 =>     /lib/libm.so.2
>>         libc.so.1 =>     /lib/libc.so.1
>>         libmp.so.2 =>    /lib/libmp.so.2
>>         libmd.so.1 =>    /lib/libmd.so.1
>>         libscf.so.1 =>   /lib/libscf.so.1
>>         libaio.so.1 =>   /lib/libaio.so.1
>>         libdoor.so.1 =>  /lib/libdoor.so.1
>>         libuutil.so.1 =>         /lib/libuutil.so.1
>>         libgen.so.1 =>   /lib/libgen.so.1
>> 
>> This is Python 2.5.2, built with no configure options besides --prefix on
>> Solaris 10.
>> 
>> Config.log excerpt:
>> configure:14433: checking for --with-pymalloc
>> configure:14453: result: yes
>> 
>> thanks
>> 
>> On 7/2/08 7:46 AM, "rickey c weisner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Fletcher,
>>> This looks suspicious. Perhaps your malloc is not in libc ?
>>>> [690]   |         0|       0|FILE |LOCL |0    |ABS    |obmalloc.c
>>> remove the libc.so.1 from your probe description.
>>> rick
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 07:23:49AM -0700, Fletcher Cocquyt wrote:
>>>> Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:23:49 -0700
>>>> From: Fletcher Cocquyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> Subject: Re: [dtrace-discuss] Memory leak scripts
>>>> In-reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> To: rickey c weisner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> Cc: [email protected]
>>>> Thread-topic: [dtrace-discuss] Memory leak scripts
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>>>> 
>>>> Looks OK:
>>>> 
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ 7:22am 60 # !nm
>>>> nm /bin/python | egrep malloc
>>>> [3597]  | 134599012|       0|FUNC |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |malloc
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 7/2/08 6:11 AM, "rickey c weisner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Fletcher,
>>>>> First confirm that malloc is in your binary.
>>>>> 
>>>>> arwen:nm a.out | grep malloc
>>>>> [70]    | 134547228|         0|FUNC |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |malloc
>>>>> 
>>>>> Then key on any malloc.
>>>>> Something like:
>>>>> pid$target::malloc:return,
>>>>> pid$target::memalign:return,
>>>>> pid$target::realloc:return,
>>>>> pid$target::valloc:return
>>>>> 
>>>>> rick
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Fletcher Cocquyt
>>>> Senior Systems Administrator
>>>> Information Resources and Technology (IRT)
>>>> Stanford University School of Medicine
>>>> 
>>>> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> Phone: (650) 724-7485
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Fletcher Cocquyt
>> Senior Systems Administrator
>> Information Resources and Technology (IRT)
>> Stanford University School of Medicine
>> 
>> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Phone: (650) 724-7485
>> 
>> 

-- 
Fletcher Cocquyt
Senior Systems Administrator
Information Resources and Technology (IRT)
Stanford University School of Medicine

Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: (650) 724-7485


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