I lowered NODE_MAX_SLOTS from 256 to128 and that slowed the leak - enough to get some sort of DB happening. It eventually seg faulted, however. I've noticed that sometimes the seg fault causes the (non-python) heap to become corrupted, requiring a HW reboot before pytables becomes useful again. Who knows what memory it may be writing over!
I don't know valgrind - It seems not to be available for OSX - has anyone compiled/used it on this platform? ciao, David On 16/08/2007, at 3:49 AM, Francesc Altet wrote: > A Wednesday 15 August 2007, Francesc Altet escrigué: >> A Wednesday 15 August 2007, David Worrall escrigué: >>> All that aside, >>> 1. it is a worry that there is no exception generated, by python, >>> at least, don't you agree? >> >> Yes, I do. >> >>> 2. Is there a way of purging memory after a flush or are we up >>> against python's memory management? >> >> I think the thing to try first would be lowering NODE_MAX_SLOTS. >> Have you tried this already? > > Now that I think, there a possibility to debug where the problem > can be. > Just install valgrind and run your script through it. Its output > would > bring some more information on the table. > > > -- >> 0,0< Francesc Altet http://www.carabos.com/ > V V Cárabos Coop. V. Enjoy Data > "-" > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Pytables-users mailing list > Pytables-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pytables-users > _________________________________________________ experimental polymedia: www.avatar.com.au Sonic Communications Research Group, University of Canberra: www.canberra.edu.au/vc-forum/scrg vip=Verbal Interactivity Project ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Pytables-users mailing list Pytables-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pytables-users
