Hi, I'm using kernel 2.6.20 with vdr-1.4.7 with streamdev plugin. When I'm record even more than 10 simultaneous video timers, the memory consumption is below 400 MBytes. But when any noise appears in the signal, the memory goes up to 1 Gigabyte, the whole system memory, then system starts malfunctioning.
Sometimes when I restart vdr, the memory frees, and sometimes I should restart the whole system to free up the memory.
Where is the source of this memory leakage? Why the vdr doesn't free up memory when the noise goes out?
Thanks. Jikjikman.
Hi,
Ali H.M. Hoseini wrote:
I'm using kernel 2.6.20 with vdr-1.4.7 with streamdev plugin. When I'm record even more than 10 simultaneous video timers, the memory consumption is below 400 MBytes. But when any noise appears in the signal, the memory goes up to 1 Gigabyte, the whole system memory, then system starts malfunctioning.
Sometimes when I restart vdr, the memory frees, and sometimes I should restart the whole system to free up the memory.
Where is the source of this memory leakage? Why the vdr doesn't free up memory when the noise goes out?
Try the following: - compile VDR and plugins with no optimization (-O0) and debug information (-g3) - run VDR with valgrind
valgrind --tool=memcheck /path/to/vdr
- analyze valgrind's output and report or fix any leaks. - you won't find any noticeable leaks in case this issue is a matter of the DVB drivers (kernel).
Bye.
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Ali H.M. Hoseini -
Reinhard Nissl