Re: Pthread_create and memory issues.

From: Daniel Eischen (eischen_at_vigrid.com)
Date: 05/22/04

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    Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 16:56:51 -0400 (EDT)
To: Cole <cole@opteqint.net>

    On Sat, 22 May 2004, Cole wrote:

    > Hi
    >
    > Ok this is just a more direct question that the thread Memory Leak.
    >
    > I have a program using pthread_create, and it runs fine, no compile errors
    > or warnings, it all works fine, not a single issue, but it very very slowly
    > uses up memory. The program creates a fixed number of threads, and after
    > each one has run to completion it stores them for a while for use again if
    > needed soon, else it destroys them after a specified amount of time.

    The threads library (at least libpthread) caches threads and
    KSE/KSEGs for re-use.

    Threads also have to be detached (or joined to) in order to
    reclaim their space. 

    -- 
Dan Eischen
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