So I'm looking at moving from mod_python to mod_wsgi because mod_python leaks memory in apache on graceful restarts, and we have an automated linux box without a human present most of the time, so this is unacceptable.
Unfortunately, mod_wsgi seems to leak too! [r...@miketug2 teleworker]# grep -i python /etc/httpd/admin-conf/ httpd.conf [r...@miketug2 teleworker]# sv term /service/httpd-admin/ [r...@miketug2 teleworker]# ps -eo pid,user,fname,vsize --sort -vsize | grep httpd-ad 25737 admin httpd-ad 15284 25736 root httpd-ad 11960 [r...@miketug2 teleworker]# ps -eo pid,user,fname,vsize --sort -vsize | grep httpd-ad 25737 admin httpd-ad 15284 25736 root httpd-ad 11960 [r...@miketug2 teleworker]# sv 1 /service/httpd-admin [r...@miketug2 teleworker]# ps -eo pid,user,fname,vsize --sort -vsize | grep httpd-ad 25746 admin httpd-ad 16140 25736 root httpd-ad 12816 [r...@miketug2 teleworker]# sv 1 /service/httpd- admin [r...@miketug2 teleworker]# ps -eo pid,user,fname,vsize --sort -vsize | grep httpd-ad 25751 admin httpd-ad 16976 25736 root httpd-ad 13652 [r...@miketug2 teleworker]# sv 1 /service/httpd- admin [r...@miketug2 teleworker]# ps -eo pid,user,fname,vsize --sort -vsize | grep httpd-ad 25755 admin httpd-ad 17812 25736 root httpd-ad 14488 If I repeat this test with mod_wsgi disabled, the process size stays constant. [r...@miketug2 teleworker]# rpm -q httpd httpd-2.2.3-31.el5.centos [r...@miketug2 teleworker]# rpm -q python python-2.4.3-27.el5 [r...@miketug2 teleworker]# rpm -q mod_wsgi mod_wsgi-2.1-2.el5 Is this a known problem? Thanks, Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "modwsgi" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/modwsgi?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
