Re: Big memory use after update

On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 13:40:31 -0800, Ben Collins-Sussman
<sussman@collab.net> wrote:

>On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 12:28, geoff wrote:
>
>> >>I'm not an Apache expert but this looks like Apache keeping buffers on
>> >>the grounds you might need them again rather than a leak.
>>
>> Which if it were true in 0.31 is presumably doubly true in 0.34.
>>
>> So *does* anybody know or will I ask my annoyingly niave questions on
>> the Apache list?
>
>Yes, this is the way apache works, a deliberate design. If an httpd
>process suddenly needs 100 megs of memory to get a task done, it will
>not release the memory after the request is finished. It holds onto it,
>because it "might be needed" for future requests.
>
>So the real issue here is prevention: no subversion request should
>*ever* require a huge amount of memory. There should be no leaks in the
>first place.

Oh, okay. Thanks. When I get round to an upgrade I'll look out for
changed behaviour.

--
best,
geoff
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