Bug 61532 - dmalloc doesn't build - and consumes all resources in fail
Summary: dmalloc doesn't build - and consumes all resources in fail
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
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Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: dmalloc
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Jakub Jelinek
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Blocks: 61590
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Reported: 2002-03-20 23:26 UTC by Trond Eivind Glomsrxd
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-03-26 16:54:19 UTC
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Description Trond Eivind Glomsrxd 2002-03-20 23:26:03 UTC 
dmalloc-4.8.1-6, Skipjack

When trying to rebuild it, it slows the system down to a halt while consuming
all available memory (256+512 swap). It then gets killed by the OOM killer in
the kernel. Upgrading to 4.8.2 doesn't help. The step dying is

./dmalloc_t -s -t 10000
Comment 1 Jakub Jelinek 2002-03-25 14:09:46 UTC 
dmalloc is crap.
Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 2002-03-25 22:38:40 UTC 
Don't run the test <shrug>.
Comment 3 Jakub Jelinek 2002-03-25 22:50:51 UTC 
Just skipping the test is no way useful, since it will die the same way
any time you use dmalloc for something.
I've actually changed glibc this time, since
if (__builtin_expect (worklist != NULL, 0))
  free (worklist);
is IMHO faster in the common case than
free (worklist);
but dmalloc will break into pieces next time any glibc internals get changed.
Comment 4 Jakub Jelinek 2002-04-04 10:38:07 UTC 
This workaround is in glibc-2.2.5-28+.
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