Heap memory is not re-claiming.

[V.Ravikumar]

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Jeff Donner <jeffrey.donner at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:26 AM, V.Ravikumar
> <ravikumar.vallabhu at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've a daemon process and I'm allocating heap memory for big character
> > buffers using malloc/free.
> > Each can take 5MB.
> >
> > Though I freed/deleted memory allocated for the buffers, the increased
> > memory during the allocation time is not re-claiming back.This I observed
> > using top command.
>
> Yes, I think it's glibc - it may keep your memory, with the idea that
> you'll request it again soon anyway.
>
   If this is the case then memory should not keep on increase albeit how
long process may run. right?
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