[Varnish] #295: Varnishd using all available memory, even using limited malloc

Varnish varnish-bugs at projects.linpro.no
Wed Sep 24 09:48:15 CEST 2008


#295: Varnishd using all available memory, even using limited malloc
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 Reporter:  ay                       |        Owner:  phk                
     Type:  defect                   |       Status:  new                
 Priority:  normal                   |    Milestone:  Varnish 2.0 release
Component:  build                    |      Version:  trunk              
 Severity:  major                    |   Resolution:                     
 Keywords:  leak memory malloc swap  |  
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Comment (by phk):

 Thankyou very much!

 This jives well with the sort of experiences the firefox project had when
 they switched to jemalloc, and with the fact that we see no such issues on
 FreeBSD servers.

 We have decided to import jemalloc and use that by default on the Linux
 platform.

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Ticket URL: <http://varnish.projects.linpro.no/ticket/295#comment:5>
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