[mod_python] Next release of mod_python

Hi,

I also have a memory leak on my Apache process and it seems to come from
either mod_python or my Python code. I use the publisher handler with a very
straightforward Python module, which does not use sessions or any persistent
data. I solved the problem the dirty way (i.e. apache -k restart at 3 AM
every day), but it's, well, dirty :).

Maybe it is not a true memory leak, but a consequence of the Python memory
management scheme ? I noticed on long-running scripts that Python can
allocate a pretty big amount of memory before noticing it is not used (maybe
during a garbage collection) and releasing it. The trouble is that on my 1
Gb server, Apache + mod_python actually went up to 600 Mb of memory without
giving any hint that it would release anything. I had to restart Apache
before the end of the experiment, so that my other services would not
trash...

Regards,

Nicolas

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : mod_python-bounces at modpython.org 
> [mailto:mod_python-bounces at modpython.org] De la part de 
> Gregory (Grisha) Trubetskoy
> Envoyé : lundi 23 août 2004 22:48
> À : mod_python user mailing list
> Objet : Re: [mod_python] Next release of mod_python
> 
> 
> Things have been kinda slow in mod_python development land, 
> so I don't think there will be another release for at least a 
> month (if not two).
> 
> However, are you sure that the memory leak isn't caused by 
> your Python code somehow?
> 
> Grisha
> 
> On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Peter Williams wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > Can anyone tell me when the next release of the 3.1 series of 
> > mod_python is planned? I'm having problems where my apache server 
> > sucks up all available RAM, and I suspect mod_python is the 
> culprit. 
> > On the other hand, there hasn't been a release for a while, 
> so I was 
> > wondering if maybe this problem has been fixed since 3.1.3 came out.
> >
> > Peter
> >
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