Re: gEDA-user: PCB head fails with ***MEMORY-ERROR***

[Andrew Poelstra <asp11@xxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 11:55:51PM -0700, Andrew Poelstra wrote:
>
> The problem happens in the loop in rats.c, lines 766-784.
> There are two functions called, GetNetMemory and GetConnectionMemory.
> The first builds up an array of Nets, allocating them in blocks
> of 100 (4800 bytes) as needed.
> 
> Then, inside each Net, GetConnectionMemory builds up an array
> of connections, again in blocks of 100 (4800 bytes) as needed.
> 
> I have to go to school now, but if someone else wants to take
> a look at this, that's as far as I've gotten.
> 
> 
> Also, it gets into this look pretty quickly, so if you put a
> few traces statements into that loop, it's safe to run killall
> pcb as soon as output appears. Otherwise you'll likely crash
> your system.
>

Another leak can be seen when zooming in and out. Typing
ZZZZZzzzzz on the board takes another 12Mb. 

-- 
Andrew Poelstra
Email: asp11 at sfu.ca OR apoelstra at wpsoftware.net
Web:   http://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew/



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