[squid-users] Squid memory usage

[nitesh naik]

Hi All,

Squid memory usage grows beyond allocate cache_mem size of 8 GB. Total
physical memory available on machine is 20 GB.

Does that mean there is memory leak and I should replace malloc
library and compile squid ?

I am using squid2.6 without using disk for caching.

Memory usage for squid via mallinfo():
        Total space in arena:  -52916 KB
        Ordinary blocks:       -82192 KB 215707 blks
        Small blocks:               0 KB      0 blks
        Holding blocks:         11404 KB      3 blks
        Free Small blocks:          0 KB
        Free Ordinary blocks:   29275 KB
        Total in use:          -70788 KB 171%
        Total free:             29275 KB -70%
        Total size:            -41512 KB
Memory accounted for:
        Total accounted:       11256849 KB
        memPoolAlloc calls: 870846623
        memPoolFree calls: 819677123

Regards
Nitesh