site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com Hi, I am having "issues" with threads on darwin and memory consumption. Is there something fundamental that I'm missing? Cheers, Matt -- Darwin dannii.hq.inty.net 7.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 7.8.0 #include <stdio.h> #include <pthread.h> void mythread() { printf("moo\n"); } int main() { int i; pthread_t q; for(i=0; i<100; i++) { pthread_create(&q,NULL,(void *)&mythread,NULL); sleep(5); } return(0); } Scanned for viruses by MailDefender _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... It seems that with every thread I create about 4k of resident memory is allocated. That memory never seems to be reclaimed at thread termination. My little test program, which creates 100 threads at 5 second intervals is posted below. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com