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[bash] Memory leak in childs
- From: AZ 9901 <az9901 at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:02:19 +0200
- Subject: [bash] Memory leak in childs
Hello,
I think I have found a memory leak in bash.
Just launch the following test loop having a look at Windows Task
Manager, Page File Usage tab :
while [ 1 ]
do
test=$(echo test)
done
Memory usage is constantly growing.
Once Cygwin closed, memory is still used, not released.
Testing with the following loop does not give the issue :
while [ 1 ]
do
test=test
done
This is why I think it is a memory leak in bash childs (subprocesses).
This problem makes the computer to get completely frozen, then a
reboot seems to be the only solution.
Quite problematic with daily elaborate scripts on production servers !
Could you please have a look ?
Thank you very much !
Best regards,
Benjamin