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Re: serverside programs
- From: Jeff Sturm <jsturm at one-point dot com>
- To: Erik Poupaert <erik dot poupaert at skynet dot be>
- Cc: java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 15:31:34 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: serverside programs
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Erik Poupaert wrote:
> I've recently had a problem with javaemailserver (jes) and blackdown-jdk-1.4.1.
> Without setting ulimit, jes memory usage started at around 100 MB and kept growing,
> consuming the entire swap file as well, until I was unable to ssh into the server any
> longer. No other option than having the co-location centre reboot the machine. When
> setting ulimit, it would run until hitting the ulimit ceiling and then die.
>
> Would it help to compile natively? Would it do any good? Or is it just a memory leak
> that needs to be fixed?
Assuming no bugs in blackdown-jdk that cause dead objects to be retained,
it sounds like a problem in the code that would likely also manifest under
gcj.
Jeff