142842 - Memory leak when downloading

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 91795

(Core :: Networking, defect)

Description

[Jason Rimmer]

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Retrieving 2 large files, RedHat v7.3 ISOs, via HTTP and memory, both core and
VM, is being allocated at ~1MB/5 seconds.  The core memory hits a ceiling at
~185MB while the VM allocation has no clear ceiling; it's allocated as much as
~575MB.  I also don't see it releasing the memory back after a download completes.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download sufficiently large file via HTTP
2. What memory allocation go through the roof


Actual Results:  Core memory allocated ~180MB and VM allocation as high as ~575MB.

Expected Results:  Memory allocation of a static size should be done to buffer
reads.  After  download completion the buffer should be deallocated.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 91795 ***