Re: [Dovecot] Finding memory leaks

[Timo Sirainen]

On 12.3.2014, at 15.30, Philipp Brüll bru...@simiatech.com wrote:

 I try to find a memory leak in a dovecot plugin that I develop. In
 order to find it, it would be helpful to print the total amount of
 memory that is currently allocated. This print could than spread over
 the source code and the memory consumption can be tracked.
 
 I've tried
 
i_debug(pool size %u,
(unsigned int)pool_alloconly_get_total_alloc_size(system_pool));
 
 But that failed. Does someone has a good advice?

Dovecot doesn't track total memory usage.

 I would like to avoid complex solutions like valgrind.

I always use valgrind, for example with imap:

service imap {
  executable = /usr/bin/valgrind -q --leak-check=full 
/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap
}

[Dovecot] Finding memory leaks

[Philipp Brüll]

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Hello,

I try to find a memory leak in a dovecot plugin that I develop. In
order to find it, it would be helpful to print the total amount of
memory that is currently allocated. This print could than spread over
the source code and the memory consumption can be tracked.

I've tried

i_debug(pool size %u,
(unsigned int)pool_alloconly_get_total_alloc_size(system_pool));

But that failed. Does someone has a good advice? I would like to avoid
complex solutions like valgrind.

Best regards,
Philipp
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[Dovecot] Finding memory leaks

[Philipp Brüll]

Hello,

I try to find a memory leak in a dovecot plugin that I develop. In
order to find it, it would be helpful to print the total amount of
memory that is currently allocated. This print could than spread over
the source code and the memory consumption can be tracked.

I've tried

i_debug(pool size %u,
(unsigned int)pool_alloconly_get_total_alloc_size(system_pool));

But that failed. Does someone has a good advice? I would like to avoid
complex solutions like valgrind.

Best regards,
Philipp