Linux dont use memory as Windows does. Its not a problem...
Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peex" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 5:27 PM Subject: [hlds_linux] L4D / SRCDS Linux - Memory leak. > Hello, > > I have been managing an L4D srcds server for 3 months, and > unfortunately, I can't solve a memory problem. srcds_i486 grows in > memory and never decreases (except, of course, when it crashes...) > > I'm running srcds_i486 on FreeBSD, and my first reaction was to accuse > BSD about a bad Linux emulation or something like this. But after some > investigation, I can easily reproduce the same problem on Linux (tested > with Gentoo & Debian). > > Graph : http://forum.tost-clan.com/files/memoryLeak.html > > On these graphs, you can see the memory allocation [blue line] (globally > increase, except after crash or restart) and the number of open UDP > connexions. Note a nice correlation between the number of open UDP > connexion and the memory allocation. > > The normal use case is to use "srcds_run" to start the service, and in > this case, "srcds_i486" remains at a decent size in memory. But I've > rewritten my own script (srcds_run is dirty, with large chunks of never > used code) and I have this memory problem. So, what's the difference ? > After some activity monitoring, it appears that srcds_i486 is simply > restarted after each campaign. So, the binary leaks, but since is > quickly restarted, it never reaches a critical size and the leak goes > unnoticed. > > But now, if you start manually srcds_i486, you can observe a nice memory > leak. > > I have found many threads on Google about a memory leak on srcds, and I > suppose I can't do anything to solve this problem by myself... Except > (stupidly) restart my server... > > Does Valve know this bug ? Is it an answer to restart the service > instead of properly fixing the bug ? > > > Best regards, > Peex > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
