Re: Fat memory leaks

[Hans A. <Han...@Ph...>]

On Dienstag, 2. Juli 2002 12:58, Michael Ströder wrote:
> HI!
>
> I remember that someone reported memory leaks quite a while ago
> and there was no further action. Running some test scripts I can
> observe that the python-ldap using process grows quite fast.
>
> Does anybody have the time to look into this? If yes, please dig
> into Modules/LDAPObject.c, functions l_ldap_result() and
> l_ldap_search().
>
> Ciao, Michael.

Michael,

I did not have time to check for the mentioned memory leaks (you know,
 a baby at the age of three weeks simliy eats up all your spare time
 :-), but I found this in the ldapdns-FAQ (however, I have no idea if
 it is related...)

Q: i think ldapdns has a memory leak! it keeps growing!
A: the openldap client libraries seem to "cache" attributes, and on a
   heavy nameserver it may seem to grow for a while. make sure
 softlimit is correct, and that you have a backup nameserver. one day,
 i may write a more low-memory ldap client lib to fix this...
   [ or i may find a bug in my code... or YOU might. it's possible;
   especially since i refuse to look at code before 2am... ]

Hans

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