Re: Memory usage of GNUstep processes

[Chris Vetter]

On Dec 14, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Andreas Höschler wrote:
> Shouldn't the process return memory to the operation system so that  
> we see decreased figures in prstat? I am seeing this on Solaris 10.  
> I have no idea whether this is Solaris or GNustep related or a  
> general memory management issue under Unix operating systems.

If your application is multi-threaded, I'd blame Solaris for it,  
because memory allocation pretty much sucks due to the fact that  
malloc keeps a single stack, even when MT'd-- unless you explicitly  
link against a malloc library that supports MT.

--
Chris