I have a simple server under WinXP that creates a thread for a 'listener' and spins off a new thread for each incoming client. Im limiting access to one client at a time at this point so it blocks on the listener until the client is closed.
Im using a self-signed certificate for the server. The client is (for now) on the same machine and connects via Perl using IO::Socket::SSL. Im watching the memory of the server using 'perfmon.exe' using the 'private bytes' for the process. Im also watching via 'TaskMgr'. The Perl code opens a connection, sends and then receives 3 different blocks of data. The size ranges from 10 bytes to 10000 bytes. The 'test' loops this perl file with a second perl file that runs it, sleeps for 3 seconds and then repeats. The data is the same each time. What Im seeing: For the first three 'passes' the server memory grows by about 10% each time and then stabilizes. From there it remains stable for from 1-10 (~) passes and then grows by ~10%. Sometimes it will remain at this new level sometimes it will return to the previous. If it remains at either level it will do so for 1-10(~) passes and then jump up again. Ive tested this for > 3000 passes and have seen the same behavior repeating. It looks like some sort of buffer or cache is being filled and so more memory is allocated. Nothing shows up as a memory leak though so someone is freeing the space when the app exits. Unf this code will end up in a service so there isn't a guarantee as to when the space will get freed. I will also be sending vastly more information so the buffer problem will be a large problem. If I run the same code sans SSL it doesn't have this problem. What I have tried: (at SSL_ctx creation) SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(m_ctx, SSL_SESS_CACHE_OFF); SSL_CTX_sess_set_cache_size(m_ctx, 1); (between each thread creation) SSL_CTX_flush_sessions(ctx, 0); using: OpenSSL 0.9.8g. Visual Studio 7 Win XP Perl 5.8.8 What am I missing? What am I doing wrong? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Memory-growth-in-OpenSSL-socket-server-tp15280493p15280493.html Sent from the OpenSSL - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]