Re: [Wireshark-dev] dumpcap memory usage during 802.11 capture

2010-06-18 Thread Bill Meier
David S wrote: > Bill Meier writes: >> I wouldn't have expected dumpcap memory usage to grow very much over >> time as packets are captured. If it does that sounds like a bug. >> >> However, I'm a little confused: >> >> You indicate that dumpcap memory usage is growing but you then say >> you're

Re: [Wireshark-dev] dumpcap memory usage during 802.11 capture

2010-06-18 Thread David S
Bill Meier writes: > > I wouldn't have expected dumpcap memory usage to grow very much over > time as packets are captured. If it does that sounds like a bug. > > However, I'm a little confused: > > You indicate that dumpcap memory usage is growing but you then say > you're "using the unencry

Re: [Wireshark-dev] dumpcap memory usage during 802.11 capture

2010-06-17 Thread Bill Meier
David Seares wrote: > Hi, > > Probably a stupid question about dumpcaps memory usage. > > I am trying to capture packets over a long period of time, splitting > captures over multiple files each 5 minutes. > > I noticed that after just 12 hours of capturing the memory usage (vmem) of > dumpcap h

[Wireshark-dev] dumpcap memory usage during 802.11 capture

2010-06-17 Thread David Seares
Hi, Probably a stupid question about dumpcaps memory usage. I am trying to capture packets over a long period of time, splitting captures over multiple files each 5 minutes. I noticed that after just 12 hours of capturing the memory usage (vmem) of dumpcap had reached 8GB. Is this expected? As