[Asterisk-code-review] core: Add some documentation to the the malloc trim code (asterisk[13])

[Sean Bright]

Sean Bright has uploaded this change for review. ( https://gerrit.asterisk.org/10731


Change subject: core: Add some documentation to the the malloc_trim code
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core: Add some documentation to the the malloc_trim code

This adds documentation to handle_cli_malloc_trim() indicating how it can be a
useful debugging OOM conditions.

Change-Id: I1936185e78035bf123cd5e097b793a55eeebdc78
---
M main/cli.c
1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)



  git pull ssh://gerrit.asterisk.org:29418/asterisk refs/changes/31/10731/1

diff --git a/main/cli.c b/main/cli.c
index f980fc6..957950d 100644
--- a/main/cli.c
+++ b/main/cli.c
@@ -1793,30 +1793,43 @@
 
 
 #ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_TRIM
-	/* BUGBUG malloc_trim() is a libc specific function.  Non-portable. */
-	static char *handle_cli_malloc_trim(struct ast_cli_entry *e, int cmd, struct ast_cli_args *a)
-	{
-		extern int malloc_trim(size_t __pad) __THROW;
 
-		switch (cmd) {
-		case CLI_INIT:
-			e->command = "malloc trim";
-			e->usage =
-				"Usage: malloc trim\n"
-				"       Try to give excess memory back to the OS.\n";
-			return NULL;
-		case CLI_GENERATE:
-			return NULL;
-		}
+/*!
+ * \internal
+ * \brief Attempt to reclaim unused heap memory.
+ *
+ * Users have reported that asterisk will sometimes be killed because it can't allocate
+ * more than around 3G of memory on a 32 bit system.
+ *
+ * Using malloc_trim() will help us to determine if it's because there's a leak or because
+ * the heap is so fragmented that there isn't enough contiguous memory available.
+ *
+ * \note malloc_trim() is a GNU extension and it therefore not portable.
+ */
+static char *handle_cli_malloc_trim(struct ast_cli_entry *e, int cmd, struct ast_cli_args *a)
+{
+	extern int malloc_trim(size_t __pad) __THROW;
 
-		if (malloc_trim(0)) {
-			ast_cli(a->fd, "Returned some memory to the OS.\n");
-		} else {
-			ast_cli(a->fd, "No memory returned to the OS.\n");
-		}
-
-		return CLI_SUCCESS;
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case CLI_INIT:
+		e->command = "malloc trim";
+		e->usage =
+			"Usage: malloc trim\n"
+			"       Try to give excess memory back to the OS.\n";
+		return NULL;
+	case CLI_GENERATE:
+		return NULL;
 	}
+
+	if (malloc_trim(0)) {
+		ast_cli(a->fd, "Returned some memory to the OS.\n");
+	} else {
+		ast_cli(a->fd, "No memory returned to the OS.\n");
+	}
+
+	return CLI_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 #endif
 
 static char *handle_help(struct ast_cli_entry *e, int cmd, struct ast_cli_args *a);

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Gerrit-Project: asterisk
Gerrit-Branch: 13
Gerrit-MessageType: newchange
Gerrit-Change-Id: I1936185e78035bf123cd5e097b793a55eeebdc78
Gerrit-Change-Number: 10731
Gerrit-PatchSet: 1
Gerrit-Owner: Sean Bright <sean.bright at gmail.com>
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