Re: Information regarding problem when Windows cannot re-use PIDnumbers

[Yorick Koster <y dot koster at itsec-ss dot nl>]

Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 07:40:57PM +0200, Yorick Koster wrote:
>  
>
> > Rogier & I have been busy trying to isolate the memory leak problem we 
> > have encountered on Win2k machines. A lot of people on this list have 
> > suggested this is in fact a Win2k problem. We have indeed verified this 
> > is indeed not a CygWin issue, but I am not totally convinced this is a 
> > Windows problem. The following command can be used to reproduce the leak:
> >
> > FOR /L %a IN (1,1,65535) DO echo exit | cmd
> >    
> The above would certainly rule out cygwin then since there isn't any cygwin
> component.
>
> Does RAMpage "fix" this problem, assuming you can even run it?  If so,
> that would indicate a memory fragmentation problem rather than a lack
> of memory problem.
>  
We have not yet looked at RAMpage. Our main focus was solving the 
problem, not to find a workaround. I'll also try this monday.

Yorick


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