http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557636 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557636#c0 Summary: memory leak in the regex subsystem of perl 5.10 Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Development AssignedTo: pth@novell.com ReportedBy: ag@pre-secure.de QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- perl 5.10 contains a memory leak in the regex handling code. quote from the corresponding ticket in the perl RT http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=59516 "Fix memory leak in // caused by single-char character class optimization. This was most probably introduced with #28262. This change fixes perl #59516." presence of the bug can be checked with perl -e 'qr// while 1' (eats around 1GB memory per 3-4 seconds...) opensuse 11.1 rpm perl-5.10.0-62.18.1 still contains that bug. for longer running perl daemons, this bug eats quite a lot of memory... -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.