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To: Vincent Cunniffe <vincent@cunniffe.net>
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Subject: Re: [ILUG] linux pthreads problem
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Vincent Cunniffe wrote:
> 
> Possibly. However, the amount of memory in use is stupid :
> 
> I start 50 threads, and the memory usage goes up to 411436 VSZ/840 RSS.
> 
> Then I stop those threads, and the usage stays there. I start another 50
> threads, and the usage goes up to 821036 VSZ/1040 RSS. So, it's neither
> freeing the resources correctly nor reusing them :-/
> 
> I've found several other people seeing the same VSZ issue with pthreads,
> spread over a long time, but no solution as yet.

Err, Is your code fixed now?
You need a seperate pthread_t per thread.

Pádraig.


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