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Posted to users@spamassassin.apache.org by Justin Mason <jm...@jmason.org> on 2004/11/17 21:19:27 UTC
Re: [OT] Amavisd memory usage
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yep, it's normal; big/complex messages result in bigger allocations,
and those allocs don't get returned to the OS until the process
exits.
- --j.
Michael W Cocke writes:
> This is off topic and I apologize, but I really couldn't think of a
> better place to ask. I'm using Postfix 2.1.5/Amavisd 2.1.2/SA 3.01,
> and I just noticed something odd. Looking at top, the 5 copies of
> amavisd (I pre-spawn 4) have different memory usage numbers, with the
> oldest amavis using the most memory, and decreasing down to the newest
> copy.
>
> Is this normal? I would have expected them to be using the same
> amount of memory, unless there's a leak somewhere.
>
> Mike-
>
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Re: [OT] Amavisd memory usage
Posted by mouss <us...@free.fr>.
Michael W Cocke wrote:
>Thanks!
>
>Mike-
>
>
>On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:19:27 -0800, you wrote:
>
>
>>yep, it's normal; big/complex messages result in bigger allocations,
>>and those allocs don't get returned to the OS until the process
>>exits.
>>
>>
sure, but the freed space should be reused for new allocations.
So why would old instances use more memory than new ones, other than in
case of leaks?
By the way, is there any definition of "memory leak" that is different
from this situation?
Re: [OT] Amavisd memory usage
Posted by Michael W Cocke <co...@catherders.com>.
Thanks!
Mike-
On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:19:27 -0800, you wrote:
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>yep, it's normal; big/complex messages result in bigger allocations,
>and those allocs don't get returned to the OS until the process
>exits.
>
>- --j.
>
>Michael W Cocke writes:
>> This is off topic and I apologize, but I really couldn't think of a
>> better place to ask. I'm using Postfix 2.1.5/Amavisd 2.1.2/SA 3.01,
>> and I just noticed something odd. Looking at top, the 5 copies of
>> amavisd (I pre-spawn 4) have different memory usage numbers, with the
>> oldest amavis using the most memory, and decreasing down to the newest
>> copy.
>>
>> Is this normal? I would have expected them to be using the same
>> amount of memory, unless there's a leak somewhere.
>>
>> Mike-
>>
>> --
>> If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs...
>> You may have a great career as a network administrator ahead!
>> --
>> Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed
>> site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces,
>> try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments,
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