Conference csc32::consolemanager

1434.0. "Memory leak with 1.6-309 + UCX REXEC" by WOTVAX::WATSONR (Lambs... so cute... but so tasty !) Fri Nov 29 1996 07:42

Now... here's an odd one !

    I seem to have found a consistent memory leak with version 1.6-309. The
setup is as follows:

	OpenVMS V6.2-1H3 (Alpha)
	PCM V1.6-309
	UCX V4.0-10    (server end)
	TCPWARE V5.1-4 (client end)

    The situation is this. The user runs rsh to our pcm system, where a command
file does a 'set display/tranport=decnet' and fires up 'console c3'. This 
process, running CONSOLE$C3.EXE, consumes approx 1k of virtual address space
every hour. This memory consumption is constant - if I plot a graph using PSPA,
then the VASIZE for the user or that image, is a straight line, climbing at
a constant 1k per hour.

    If I put back the 1.6-302 CONSOLE$C3, then there is no memory consumption,
and, oddly enough, if the user connects via a 'set host', and the login.com
does the 'set display', then there is no memory consumption.

    The UCX$REXECD_STARTUP.LOG file in the user's directory shows nothing odd,
and there seem to be no other side-effects. I do, however, find it extremely 
unlikely that there are a constant number of events occuring, that effect the
C3 display.

    I have, for the time being, put back just the 302 C3 image. There seems no
problems running like that (ie split PCM versions).

Ross

Sorry... that wasn't clear.

The user's box is the Alpha, the PCM box is a V6.1 VAX

Ross