Mark Wonsil wrote:

> Just need a sounding board:
>
> I wrote an awk script to reformat a 3KB file.  I developed the script on XP
> and moved it to HP-UX 10.2  It runs just fine in Windows XP but on HP-UX I
> get:
>
> Memory fault(coredump)
>
> A Google searched turns up:
>
> ftp://europe-ffs.external.hp.com/hp-ux_patches/s700_800/10.X/PHCO_20721.txt
> ...
>         PHCO_18515:
>         1. awk produces memory leak if number of elements in array
>            is large. The process grows until maxdsize is reached
>            and awk coredumps.
>         Resolution:
>         The awk program uses regcomp(3C) to compile regular
>         expression. The memory was allocated for a parameter
>         to regcomp(3C). The awk program was assuming that this
>         memory is freed by regfree(3C). Because of this incorrect
>         assumption, memory leak was happening. A call to free
>         function has been introduced to take care of this.
> ...
>
> Does this look like the culprit or might there be another based on other's
> experience?  I'm not adding that much to any arrays.  The default maxdsize
> is something like 65MB and I'm nowhere near that in my 3KB file.

Mark, that's probably it. I would just bump maxdsiz up myself - it's
WAY too low by default. I've set it to 1-2GB with no ill effects.

- Greg
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Greg Cagle
gregc at gregcagle dot com

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