libgcj and MinGW, compilation problem

[Andrew Haley]

Mathieu Velten writes:
 > I would say around 1,5 Go for the process, then my system freezes
 > because I don't have any free memory and I need to reboot.
 > I use ubuntu 7.10, I tried with the default gcc of ubuntu and with a
 > personal compile of gcc 4.2.2, same problem. I tried also by removing
 > all the -pipe option without success.
 > 
 > my system:
 > laptop with pentium M 740
 > 1,256 Go of ram
 > 512 Mo of swap

I tried building gcc 4.2 branch on AMD64 Linux, and that file took
1:14 to compile, peaking at 470 Mbytes memory usage.  That's using an
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+.

So, whatever is going on when you try that build isn't a generic gcc
problem.  Perhaps mingw is leaking memory somewhere.

Andrew.


 > 2007/12/30, Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com>:
 > > Mathieu Velten writes:
 > >
 > >  > I tried this method, this seems to work but it fails when libgcj is
 > >  > compiled because of a memory problem :
 > >  > when it tries to compile gnu-xml.list, my system runs out of memory
 > >  > (1,7 Go with RAM and swap) and my ubuntu totally crashes because of a
 > >  > lack of memory.
 > >  >
 > >  > I did some searches and it seems to be related to this bug :
 > >  > http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29587
 > >  >
 > >  > is any patch available for gcc 4.2.2 to fix this bug ?
 > >
 > > AFAIAA that bug is fixed.
 > >
 > > How big was the process when it died?  How much actual RAM do you
 > > have?
 > >
 > > Andrew.
 > >
 > > --
 > > Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, UK
 > > Registered in England and Wales No. 3798903
 > >

-- 
Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, UK
Registered in England and Wales No. 3798903