Viewing Memory Utilization - Alcatel Omni Switch/Router User Manual

Viewing Memory Utilization

The leak monitor diagnostic utility is used to display information about memory utilization.
This utility requires the use of three UI commands:
You may want to log this operation to a text file to
make it easier to view the data.
To start the utility, enter
at the system prompt. This command starts a leak monitor daemon that gathers memory infor-
mation in the background until you stop it by using the
command stops the leak monitor daemon from recording data and preserves the data already
recorded. To view the memory utilization information enter the following command
at the system prompt. This command dumps all memory recorded by the leak daemon. A
screen similar to the following will display.
The length of the display shown will vary depending on the length of time between use of
the command and the
command are described below.
. The address of the task that is allocating the block of memory.
. Name of the task that is allocating the block of memory.
These three columns indicate functions entered above the malloc package. Func-
tion 1 is the function that called malloc. Function 2 is the function that called Function 1.
Function 3 is the function that called Function 2.
. The starting address space for the memory that was allocated.
The length of the block requested on the alloc( ) call
The timestamp taken when the alloc call occurred.
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command. The fields displayed by the
Viewing Memory Utilization
and .
command. The
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