Hi Josh,
I am not an expert in this area of the code, but I'll give it a shot.
(I assume you are using linux due to your email address) When using the memory
manager (which is the default on linux), we wrap malloc/realloc/etc with
ptmalloc2 (which is the same allocator used in glibc 2.3.x).
W
I have found that the infiniserv MPI that comes with our IB software
distribution tracks the same behaviour as gcc (releaseing memory on
realloc). I have also found that building openmpi with
--without-memory-manager makes openmpi track the same behaviour as
glibc. I'm guessing that there is a b
The realloc included with openmpi 1.2.3 is not releasing memory to the
OS and is causing apps to go into swap. Attached is a little test
program that shows calls to realloc not releasing the memory when
compiled using mpicc, but when compiled directly with gcc (or icc)
calling realloc() frees any
