memory leaks and java ...

Sun Mar 23 03:41:00 GMT 2003

From: "Erik Poupaert" <erik dot poupaert at chello dot be> 
To: "GCJ Java" <java at gcc dot gnu dot org> 
Date: 2003年3月21日 23:33:24 +0100 
Subject: memory leaks and java ... 
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> I may also have fallen victim to the myth that automatic garbage collection
> prevents memory leaks ... If you google on the subject, the problem seems to
> be widespread. Are there any particular methods or settings in libgcj that
> can be of use to prevent a server application from consuming all memory?
> I've already added System.gc() here and there, but I doubt it is such an
> effective strategy. By the way, the minGW thread creation seems to leak 4
> bytes per thread created. Does anybody know anything about this?

Look at the comments in gcc/gthr-win32.h.
Then at __mingwthr_key_dtor() in java/win32.cc.
I could never figure out the reason for this "fake-out"
Danny
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