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Re: New packet list - out of memory?
From: Bill Meier <wmeier () newsguy com>
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:48:52 -0400
Bill Meier wrote:
A data point: A few days ago while working on bug #2375 I noticed that on Windows that if I defined the env logicals to not use se_alloc & etc that *much* less memory was required to load a capture. (20% of that used with se_alloc & etc ? I don't quite remember).
Details: Env: Windows Vista Actions: 1. Load Wireshark Determine "Private Working Set", "Working Set", "Commit Size" 2. Load a 40 Meg capture file. Determine .... again The above was done for: a. Wireshark with new_packet_list: b. Wireshark w/new_packet_list: set WIRESHARK_DEBUG_EP_NO_CHUNKS=T set WIRESHARK_DEBUG_SE_NO_CHUNKS=T c. Wireshark without new packet list d. Wireshark without new packet list set WIRESHARK_DEBUG_EP_NO_CHUNKS=T set WIRESHARK_DEBUG_SE_NO_CHUNKS=T Measurements Note: The Working Set was always about 20 Meg larger than the Private Working Set(PWS) so only the PWS is shown. (All values in Megs) EP/SE Chunks No Chunks PWS Commit PWS Commit ---- ------- ----- ------- Wireshark: current_packet_list After startup: 42 62 42 52 After 40M CF load: 180 399 195 205 Wireshark: new_packet_list: After startup: 42 62 42 52 After 40M CF load: 136 564 165 177 A conclusion: Commit Size (which I believe is the amount of VM address space used by the process and which is presumably the limiting factor for memory usage). - Best for new_packet_list/no_chunks; - worst (quite) for new_packet_list/chunks; Comments welcome... (I did these tests somewhat quickly so I could have missed something...) Bill ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev () wireshark org> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-request () wireshark org?subject=unsubscribe
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- New packet list - out of memory? Anders Broman (Oct 05)
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- Re: New packet list - out of memory? Anders Broman (Oct 06)
- Re: New packet list - out of memory? didier (Oct 06)
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- Re: New packet list - out of memory? Bill Meier (Oct 05)
- Re: New packet list - out of memory? Anders Broman (Oct 05)
- Re: New packet list - out of memory? Anders Broman (Oct 06)
- Re: New packet list - out of memory? Jeff Morriss (Oct 06)
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