Pthread / Memory Problem.

Lev Walkin vlm at netli.com
Wed May 26 18:45:39 PDT 2004


man pthread_detach?

Cole wrote:
> Hey
> 
> I have recently ported a linux application to FreeBSD, and i had to change a
> number of libraries and so forth.
> I have now managed to get it working correctly, with no build errors or
> warnings.
> The program runs correctly as well too, and there are no forseable problems.
> 
> The other day i noticed it was slowly taking up more memory, very slightly,
> but it does.
> So i did post to the list a few days ago with a topic of "Memory Leak".  And
> i have now used the valgrind port for FreeBSD which someone did reply to my
> post with.  It does say there are 2 issues that could cause memory leaks,
> and it looks like both originate from pthread_create.
> Now when porting the application i did not touch any of that code, so i am
> wondering, is the pthread code/library a different implementation as the
> FreeBSD version, cause since there are no errors, im wondering if there is
> just something that is missing in the code, or that has been done
> differently on linux that may now be causing these memory leaks.
> 
> If you wish i can post the pthread_create section of code and all
> surrounding code, as well as the valgrind output and where its suggesting
> there are memory leaks.
> 
> Thanks
> /Cole
> 
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