Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [xen-discuss] possible memory-leak in qemu-d

To:	Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [xen-discuss] possible memory-leak in qemu-dm
From:	Mark Johnson <johnson.nh@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:54:43 -0400
Cc:	Mark Johnson <Mark.Johnson@xxxxxxx>, Florian Manschwetus <florianmanschwetus@xxxxxx>, Xen discuss <xen-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 7:24 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 01:24:29PM +0200, Florian Manschwetus wrote:
>> >
>> > Was this happening before you applied my patches, but after "fix qemu
>> > memory leak in block interface"?
>> > I am trying to understand if this is a recent regression.
>> It is an older build of xvm-3.4 gate
>> I have to review current patch state and will update accordingly if
>> possible.
>>
>> It was Mark, who told that the problem isn't fixed by the Patch. So I
>> not rushed to update.
>>
>
> Hmm.. wondering if this is opensolaris specific,

It's possible... I looked through our qemu patches and we don't have
any changes in that code path..  So I would be surprised..


> or if it happens also with Linux dom0s.

Has anyone else seen this on 3.4 or unstable?  e.g. boot a rhel3 guest and watch
the memory usage of qemu-dm... You can't miss it if its leaking...



MRJ

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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [xen-discuss] possible memory-leak in qemu-dm