Re: free() and memory usage
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Date: 02/29/04
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Date: 29 Feb 2004 00:07:20 GMT
in comp.unix.programmer i read:
>1) the size of top constantly grows means a leak?
not necessarily.
>2) if free() of glibc doesn't (always?) return the memory to OS, is this
>behave can be affected by process' current running env or time(how long the
>process holds the resource) related?
gnu libc only returns memory to the o/s when there is a sufficiently large
block. see the documentation for more information.
>3) what are other possible reasons for above different "size" with same
>inputs/outputs to a process?
something is different it would seem. find those differences.
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