[ python-Bugs-1671411 ] python code fails with "MemoryError" on HP-UX 11.11 PA_RISC

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Bugs item #1671411, was opened at 2007-03-01 05:27
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Category: Performance
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Wont Fix
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: shashi (shashikala)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: python code fails with "MemoryError" on HP-UX 11.11 PA_RISC 

Initial Comment:

Hi,

 Python-2.5 code fails with "MemoryError". This is happening only on one system, PA-RISC running HP-UX 11.11.Failing system has 12 GB of RAM installed, non-failing system has 8 GB.

1) spark 9GB phys mem(Python is working fine)
2) stalker 12GB phys mem (that has problem with python 2.5 )


please assist me in this.

Thanks in advance
Shashi



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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2007-03-08 10:19

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If you think your problem is solved, then fine (you seem to have found a
work-around).

If Python raises a MemoryError, this is still a problem; it sholdn't
normally do that, and it should normally invoke garbage collection itself.
To analyse this further, we still would need a debug stack trace. However,
I'm closing this as "won't fix" now; if you ever feel like analysing it
further, and have data to help there, feel free to reopen the report.

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Comment By: shashi (shashikala)
Date: 2007-03-08 04:57

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 Hi ,

 I added "import gc" and "gc.collect()" , it worked out fine , I dint get
any further  MemoryError  is this the correct approach , please let me know
about the same. 

Thanks and Reagrds,
shashi

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Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2007-03-01 22:34

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Can you also provide a gdb/dbx backtrace of where the problem occurred?

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Comment By: shashi (shashikala)
Date: 2007-03-01 12:47

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File Added: Pythonmemoryerror.txt

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Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2007-03-01 07:38

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This tracker is not about assistance. If at all, we need you to assist
us.

Can you please report more details, like stack traces, causes of the
crash, patches? If not, I think there is little we can do about this report
("it crashes" is pretty unspecific).

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