Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Info: This message was accepted for relay by smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net as the sender used SMTP authentication X-Trace: UmFuZG9tSVb6VH06wLy0kAgrTcNojcWMA1FZmoWL25IOEly0x+gDHfrSXOcPk7fj Message-ID: <3F33BEE8.3010405@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 11:16:56 -0400 From: Larry Hall Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brian DOT Kelly AT empireblue DOT com CC: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Win2k and cygwin memory leak References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Brian DOT Kelly AT empireblue DOT com wrote: >>Looking at RAMpage's code and reading the description, I see nothing >>that indicates it would solve this supposed "memory leak" problem. All >>that it does is allocate a huge chunk of memory and free it, forcing any >>fragmented memory out onto disk. I really don't see how that would >>cause any improvement in anything related to a memory leak. > > > I do not know much, but I do know this. With RAMpage running 4 times a day, > my server stays up. Without it, it crashes. The only thing running on the > box other than the naked OS and backup software and Anti-virus, is cygwin > and cygwin installed apps. I agree with you to the extent that it certainly > doesn't *solve* the *supposed* memory leak problem. But it keeps my server > up and I'm sure it will help others too. > > BK > OK then. To sum up. Some people have this problem. There is no known workaround within the context of Cygwin because no one who sees the problem has taken any time or has the ability to debug the problem and look for a workaround/solution within Cygwin, assuming such a thing exists. RAMpage is a reported workaround to this issue for those that see it with Cygwin and/or other Windows apps. I don't see that further debate on this subject is leading anywhere. Since the thread has long since turned unproductive, can we end it now? I'm sure if someone happens to find something useful and relevant, it will be subsequently reported. TIA, -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/