Linux/Alpha memory leaks

[Peter Åstrand]

I have some problems with memory leaks in a web application, written in 
Python. It works good on Sparc/Solaris and Linux/i386 (uses < 10 MB on 
these platforms), but in Linux/Alpha the application consumes > 50 MB in 
less than 24 hours. Since the Python application works good on two other 
platforms, I assume the problem is either Python or glibc. More details:

The application is "WebKOM" (available from 
http://www.lysator.liu.se/lyskom/klienter/webkom/). It's an 
threaded FastCGI-application. The Alpha system, which leaks memory, is a 
RedHat 7.1 with latest upgrades. I've also tried RedHat 6.2. 

I've tried Python 2.1.1 and 2.2b1+, compiled with gcc 3.0.2. The app uses 
the following modules:

cgi codeop cStringIO dircache errno fcgi Formtools gettext HTMLcolors
HTMLgen HTMLutil os os.path popen2 pwd random re readline select socket
stat string sys sz_fcgi thread time traceback types

Any ideas or hints on how I can debug this problem? 


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/Peter Åstrand <astrand at lysator.liu.se>