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           Summary: depmod is a greedy monster
           Product: openSUSE 11.0
           Version: Alpha 2plus
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: Basesystem
        AssignedTo: mmarek@xxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: coolo@xxxxxxxxxx
         QAContact: qa@xxxxxxx
          Found By: ---


I noticed during an install an heavy process eating most memory: depmod. Taking
that the kernel should also be installable on moderate machines, I guess eating
128MB by depmod is just too much.

Valgrind shows this:

(unrelated)
==19838== Invalid read of size 4
==19838==    at 0x8049497: output_symbols (depmod.c:726)
==19838==    by 0x804B84B: main (depmod.c:1253)
==19838==  Address 0x4d80708 is 192 bytes inside a block of size 193 alloc'd
==19838==    at 0x4024D5E: malloc (in
/usr/lib/valgrind/x86-linux/vgpreload_memcheck.so)
==19838==    by 0x804AAD0: grab_module (depmod.c:336)
==19838==    by 0x804AC99: do_module (depmod.c:598)
==19838==    by 0x8049CB9: grab_dir (depmod.c:642)
==19838==    by 0x8049C4B: grab_dir (depmod.c:655)
==19838==    by 0x8049C4B: grab_dir (depmod.c:655)
==19838==    by 0x8049C4B: grab_dir (depmod.c:655)
==19838==    by 0x8049C4B: grab_dir (depmod.c:655)
==19838==    by 0x804B97A: main (depmod.c:677)

==19838== 15,908,864 bytes in 971 blocks are still reachable in loss record 12
of 13
==19838==    at 0x4024D5E: malloc (in
/usr/lib/valgrind/x86-linux/vgpreload_memcheck.so)
==19838==    by 0x8050257: grab_contents (zlibsupport.c:24)
==19838==    by 0x8050305: grab_file (zlibsupport.c:76)
==19838==    by 0x804AB2E: grab_module (depmod.c:345)
==19838==    by 0x804AC99: do_module (depmod.c:598)
==19838==    by 0x8049CB9: grab_dir (depmod.c:642)
==19838==    by 0x8049C4B: grab_dir (depmod.c:655)
==19838==    by 0x8049C4B: grab_dir (depmod.c:655)
==19838==    by 0x8049C4B: grab_dir (depmod.c:655)
==19838==    by 0x8049C4B: grab_dir (depmod.c:655)
==19838==    by 0x804B97A: main (depmod.c:677)
==19838==
==19838==

==19838== 92,045,312 bytes in 1,115 blocks are still reachable in loss record
13 of 13
==19838==    at 0x4024E7C: realloc (in
/usr/lib/valgrind/x86-linux/vgpreload_memcheck.so)
==19838==    by 0x80502A7: grab_contents (zlibsupport.c:36)
==19838==    by 0x8050305: grab_file (zlibsupport.c:76)
==19838==    by 0x804AB2E: grab_module (depmod.c:345)
==19838==    by 0x804AC99: do_module (depmod.c:598)
==19838==    by 0x8049CB9: grab_dir (depmod.c:642)
==19838==    by 0x8049C4B: grab_dir (depmod.c:655)
==19838==    by 0x804B97A: main (depmod.c:677)
==19838==
==19838== LEAK SUMMARY:
==19838==    definitely lost: 534 bytes in 16 blocks.
==19838==    indirectly lost: 60 bytes in 7 blocks.
==19838==      possibly lost: 36,864 bytes in 2 blocks.
==19838==    still reachable: 108,460,906 bytes in 9,833 blocks.
==19838==         suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks.


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