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Re: svn switch: Possible Memory Leak

From: Brian Buesker <bbuesker_at_qualcomm.com>
Date: 2004-10-22 20:21:26 CEST

kfogel@collab.net wrote:

>Brian Buesker <bbuesker@qualcomm.com> writes:
>
>
>>I posted the following message to the users mailing list but did not
>>receive any responses. Are there any ideas on the cause of this? Are
>>there any objections to me putting this into the issue tracker?
>>
>>
>
>Can you reproduce this with the latest trunk Subversion? If so, yes,
>filing an issue would be great.
>
>
I just tried reproducing it with the trunk, and yes, I am still able to
reproduce it. I've filed an issue (#2106). Please let me know if there
is anything more you want me to do.

Thanks,
Brian

>(If you don't have time to try the reproduction, please let us know
>here.)
>
>Thanks,
>-Karl
>
>
>
>>I have a source tree which I checkout containing approximately 360 MB
>>in about 240 K files. I access the repository through ra_dav (either
>>HTTP or HTTPS). When I svn switch my working copy to another URL and
>>watch the memory usage in top, I see it continuously growing. It does
>>not stop growing until the switch completes, and the RSS eventually
>>reaches above 700 MB. I believe it is related more to the number of
>>files in the working copy rather than the total size, as I tested the
>>same sequence of steps with only a single file of the same size, and
>>no leak was observed.
>>
>>The repository is an FSFS repository, although it shouldn't matter as
>>this problem is occurring on the client side.
>>
>>Sequence of steps to reproduce:
>>
>>1. Create a repository with many files in the trunk (ie. by importing
>>a large open source project such as ACE, TAO, and CIAO
>>(http://deuce.doc.wustl.edu/ACE+TAO+CIAO.tar.gz))
>>2. Create a tag from the trunk
>>3. Checkout from the trunk
>>4. Switch to the tag, watching the memory usage grow as displayed in top
>>
>>Here is my environment:
>>
>>OS: CentOS 3.1 (equivalent to RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 2)
>>
>>SVN Version:
>>$ svn --version
>>svn, version 1.1.0 (Release Candidate 3)
>> compiled Sep 27 2004, 09:12:49
>>
>>Copyright (C) 2000-2004 CollabNet.
>>Subversion is open source software, see http://subversion.tigris.org/
>>This product includes software developed by CollabNet
>>(http://www.Collab.Net/).
>>
>>The following repository access (RA) modules are available:
>>
>>* ra_dav : Module for accessing a repository via WebDAV (DeltaV) protocol.
>>- handles 'http' schema
>>- handles 'https' schema
>>* ra_local : Module for accessing a repository on local disk.
>>- handles 'file' schema
>>* ra_svn : Module for accessing a repository using the svn network
>>protocol.
>>- handles 'svn' schema
>>
>>Compiler:
>>$ gcc --version
>>gcc (GCC) 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-34)
>>Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>>This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
>>warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>>
>>Perl Version:
>>$ perl -v
>>
>>This is perl, v5.8.5 built for i386-linux-thread-multi
>>
>>Copyright 1987-2004, Larry Wall
>>
>>Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License
>>or the
>>GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
>>
>>Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
>>this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the
>>Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page.
>>
>>Berkeley DB Version: 4.2.52
>>
>>Please let me know if there is any more information I can provide to
>>help debug this problem.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Brian Buesker
>>
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