On 5/10/07, Piotr Pokora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>         Hi!
>
> I use gda with Apache module, and recently I am testing memory usage with 
> valgrind.
>
> There's gda_init call when Apache starts, and plenty of like these in 
> valgrind's report:
>
> ==3727== 2,048 bytes in 1 blocks are still reachable in loss record 1,373 of 
> 1,451
> ==3727==    at 0x40244B0: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:149)
> ==3727==    by 0x402453A: realloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:306)
> ==3727==    by 0x4F92FAA: g_realloc (in /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1200.11)
> ==3727==    by 0x4F78A9E: g_quark_from_static_string (in 
> /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1200.11)
> ==3727==    by 0x501550D: g_type_init_with_debug_flags (in 
> /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.1200.11)==3727==    by 0x50156E1: g_type_init 
> (in /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.1200.11)
> ==3727==    by 0x508EFEE: gda_init (gda-init.c:65)
>
> ==3727== 2,176 bytes in 34 blocks are still reachable in loss record 1,374 of 
> 1,451
> ==3727==    at 0x40244B0: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:149)
> ==3727==    by 0x4E54C3C: xmlAddAttributeDecl (in /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.28)
> ==3727==    by 0x4EE1EBE: xmlSAX2AttributeDecl (in /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.28)
> ==3727==    by 0x4E2FB2E: xmlParseAttributeListDecl (in 
> /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.28)
> ==3727==    by 0x4E3124D: xmlParseMarkupDecl (in /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.28)
> ==3727==    by 0x4E31B94: xmlParseExternalSubset (in 
> /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.28)
> ==3727==    by 0x4E31E83: xmlSAXParseDTD (in /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.28)
> ==3727==    by 0x4E31F9F: xmlParseDTD (in /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.28)
> ==3727==    by 0x508F101: gda_init (gda-init.c:106)
>
> ==3727== 2,221 bytes in 142 blocks are still reachable in loss record 1,376 
> of 1,451
> ==3727==    at 0x40244B0: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:149)
> ==3727==    by 0x4E90D15: xmlStrndup (in /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.28)
> ==3727==    by 0x4E90ED3: xmlStrdup (in /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.28)
> ==3727==    by 0x4E5501E: xmlAddAttributeDecl (in /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.28)
> ==3727==    by 0x4EE1EBE: xmlSAX2AttributeDecl (in /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.28)
> ==3727==    by 0x4E2FB2E: xmlParseAttributeListDecl (in 
> /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.28)
> ==3727==    by 0x4E3124D: xmlParseMarkupDecl (in /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.28)
> ==3727==    by 0x4E31B94: xmlParseExternalSubset (in 
> /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.28)
> ==3727==    by 0x4E31E83: xmlSAXParseDTD (in /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.28)
> ==3727==    by 0x4E31F9F: xmlParseDTD (in /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.28)
> ==3727==    by 0x508F0C8: gda_init (gda-init.c:99)
>
> ==3727== 2,480 bytes in 10 blocks are still reachable in loss record 1,380 of 
> 1,451
> ==3727==    at 0x40236DB: memalign (vg_replace_malloc.c:332)
> ==3727==    by 0x4023735: posix_memalign (vg_replace_malloc.c:425)
> ==3727==    by 0x4FA24C7: (within /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1200.11)
> ==3727==    by 0x4FA2EFE: g_slice_alloc (in /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1200.11)
> ==3727==    by 0x4F79745: g_datalist_id_set_data_full (in 
> /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1200.11)
> ==3727==    by 0x5000A50: (within /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.1200.11)
> ==3727==    by 0x501CCDB: g_type_create_instance (in 
> /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.1200.11)
> ==3727==    by 0x5003BB1: (within /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.1200.11)
> ==3727==    by 0x5001E27: g_object_newv (in 
> /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.1200.11)
> ==3727==    by 0x5002A4E: g_object_new_valist (in 
> /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.1200.11)
> ==3727==    by 0x5002B5F: g_object_new (in 
> /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.1200.11)
> ==3727==    by 0x50C7145: gda_row_new (gda-row.c:298)
>
> I know that GType system data are almost always reported as "still reachable" 
>  but I am not sure
> about those initialized with libxml.
>
> Should I consider this as memory leak or can I ignore these reports?

Could you report that to the LibXML project? As far as Libgda is
concerned, I think they are harmless and can safely be ignored.

The strange thing is I don't get those warnings myself (using valgrind
3.2.3)... Do you use some special valgrind options?

Vivien
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