Bug #62849 Memory leak using SELECT statements in a multi-threaded application.
Submitted: 20 Oct 2011 16:59 Modified: 24 Jan 2013 18:20
Reporter: Edwin Vandamme Email Updates:
Status: Not a Bug Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: C API (client library) Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:5.0.45, 5.0.77, 5.5.16 OS:Linux
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: memory leak, multi threaded

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[20 Oct 2011 17:02] Edwin Vandamme
Code and tools to reproduce the problem

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[22 Oct 2011 17:58] Edwin Vandamme
Some logs from a recent test

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[5 Nov 2011 9:47] Edwin Vandamme
Logs and code as mentioned above (minus log files as they are to big)

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[16 Nov 2011 7:01] Edwin Vandamme
1st run with valgrind as mentioned above.

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[16 Nov 2011 7:02] Edwin Vandamme
2th run with valgrind as mentioned above.

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[24 Sep 2012 11:21] Edwin Vandamme
Last test results with valgrind errors reported.

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[24 Sep 2012 13:31] Shane Bester
whoops, does this program leak memory ?

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[29 Sep 2012 11:18] Edwin Vandamme
bug62849 results after 72 hours

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[30 Sep 2012 16:35] Edwin Vandamme
Modified bug62849.c to read memory usage from stat file.

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[3 Oct 2012 5:24] Shane Bester
5.5.27 client libs, 480 million queries, no leaking seen.

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