Re: [squid-users] Squid memory usage

nitesh naik wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Squid memory usage grows beyond allocate cache_mem size of 8 GB. Total
> physical memory available on machine is 20 GB.
>
> Does that mean there is memory leak and I should replace malloc
> library and compile squid ?

cache_mem is the size of the in-memory object cache squid uses for very
popular objects.
Squid itself uses memory for many other things which make the total larger.

Amos

>
> I am using squid2.6 without using disk for caching.
>
> Memory usage for squid via mallinfo():
> Total space in arena: -52916 KB
> Ordinary blocks: -82192 KB 215707 blks
> Small blocks: 0 KB 0 blks
> Holding blocks: 11404 KB 3 blks
> Free Small blocks: 0 KB
> Free Ordinary blocks: 29275 KB
> Total in use: -70788 KB 171%
> Total free: 29275 KB -70%
> Total size: -41512 KB
> Memory accounted for:
> Total accounted: 11256849 KB
> memPoolAlloc calls: 870846623
> memPoolFree calls: 819677123
>
> Regards
> Nitesh

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