----Original Message---- >From: Jani Tiainen >Sent: 03 May 2005 15:26
> Dave Korn kirjoitti: >>> On May 3 00:25, Utku Ozcan wrote: >>> >>>> I *think* that the test below, which tests memory allocation limit of >>>> Cygwin *might* produce problems in Windows XP: >>>> >>>> http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/cygwin-ug-net/setup-maxmem.html >>>> >>>> In this page, I have compiled the C code, and after having run the >>>> compiled executable, Windows XP gave suddenly a warning that virtual >>>> memory setting has been changed (I think, that repeated malloc() calls >>>> in this code somehow change the virtual memory settings in Windows >>>> XP). >> Interestingly enough, there _is_ some kind of problem here. I >> haven't been hit by any HD problem, but when I tried the test program, >> it gave me an ever-increasing series of values, and then suddenly >> stopped working altogether and wouldn't recover! > > Interesting enough.. I get consistent 1536MB allocation. But some times > maxmem freezes machine for a while... No leak detected.. I need to reboot to get my machine to work properly again! Is your machine set to allow windows to manage the paging file size? I have a fixed allocation of exactly 2Gb, and have disabled the "System managed size" option; perhaps this is the difference between your machine and mine. The pauses you describe certainly seem likely candidates for 'doze to be growing the pagefile. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
