[389-devel] Please review: Introducing an environment variable USE_VALGRIND to clean up the entry cache and dn cache on exit.

[Rich Megginson]

On 08/31/2011 12:19 PM, Noriko Hosoi wrote:
> Description: If any string is set to an environment variable USE_VALGRIND,
> when running a memory leak checking tool (e.g., valgrind),
> it reduces the noise generated by the entry cache and dn cache.
>
> Sample valgrind outputs from the same operations.
> 1. with USE_VALGRIND
> ==16525== LEAK SUMMARY:
> ==16525== definitely lost: 5,102 bytes in 155 blocks
> ==16525== indirectly lost: 24,655 bytes in 950 blocks
> ==16525== possibly lost: *13,294* bytes in 433 blocks
> ==16525== still reachable: 2,209,801 bytes in 17,937 blocks
> ==16525== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
> ==16525== Reachable blocks (those to which a pointer was found) are
> not shown.
> ==16525== To see them, rerun with: --leak-check=full --show-reachable=yes
>
> 2. no USE_VALGRIND
> ==25738== LEAK SUMMARY:
> ==25738== definitely lost: 5,102 bytes in 155 blocks
> ==25738== indirectly lost: 24,655 bytes in 950 blocks
> ==25738== possibly lost: *23,862,444* bytes in 863,885 blocks
> ==25738== still reachable: 3,093,988 bytes in 41,603 blocks
> ==25738== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
> ==25738== Reachable blocks (those to which a pointer was found) are
> not shown.
> ==25738== To see them, rerun with: --leak-check=full --show-reachable=yes
>
> Thanks,
> --noriko
ack
>
>
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