Calling psutil.get_process_list() allocates all the memory on system (FreeBSD)

[giampaolo]

From itsgoing...@gtempaccount.com on November 17, 2012 21:22:31

What steps will reproduce the problem?  
1. Call psutil.get_process_list() (or any other process-related method) on FreeBSD. 

What is the expected output?  
Process list. 

What do you see instead?  
Python allocates all the memory on system and gets killed. 

What version of psutil are you using? What Python version?  
Bug exists in both latest stable (0.6.1) and latest SVN version. 

On what operating system? Is it 32bit or 64bit version?  
Tested on FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE r243026 (amd64). 

Please provide any additional information below.  
Bug exists in "char *getcmdargs()" function in 
"psutil/arch/bsd/process_info.c", which causes all system memory to be 
allocated, attached patch fixes the issue for me.

Attachment: psutil_bsd_process_leak_fix.patch

Original issue: http://code.google.com/p/psutil/issues/detail?id=339

[giampaolo]

From g.rodola on November 18, 2012 10:40:38

Fixed in r1547 .
Thanks a lot.

Status: FixedInSVN
Labels: Milestone-0.6.2

[giampaolo]

From g.rodola on March 02, 2013 04:13:47

Updated csets after the SVN -> Mercurial migration: r1547 == revision 
cea9ff990255 r243026 == revision ???

[giampaolo]

From g.rodola on April 07, 2013 18:21:49

Status: FixedInHG

[giampaolo]

From g.rodola on April 11, 2013 02:17:39

Labels: -Milestone-0.6.2 Milestone-0.7.0

[giampaolo]

From g.rodola on April 12, 2013 11:21:27

Status: Fixed