> > Has anyone else noticed a client memory leak when using > > svn:externals in the 1.7.3 client? > > > > We have a large project with tens of thousands of externals. > > When checked out with a 1.6 client, it uses 150MB of memory. > > When checked out with a 1.7 client it uses >1.5GB of memory. > > Same memory issue occurs with an update. > > > > I'm still putting a test script together to show the behavior, > > but it appears to be leaking 400k per external when I > > watch task manager in Windows. > > > > We first observed this with TortoiseSVN, but the same > > behavior exists with the command line client. > > > > I was hoping a developer may have valgrind setup > > and could catch this easier. > > > > Server version does not matter, this occurs with > > both a 1.6.17 and a 1.7.3 server when a 1.7.3 > > client is used. Does not occur if a 1.6.17 client > > is used. All testing was done with neon, but > > that is only because serf does not complete > > the test. > > > > I'm in the middle of creating the script to > > create the test case, but was hoping > > to get a fix into 1.7.4, so I'm posting this early. > > It might already be fixed: I see a leak with 1.7.x@r1293812 but r1293813 > appears to fix it.
Excellent news. I'll attempt to build the current 1.7.x and verify on this (unique) repository. Thanks! Kevin R.
