prosody-modules: mod_log_events_by_memory/README.markdown@0f5f2d4475b9 (annotated)

3619 5fe34e5f9829 mod_log_events_by_memory: Log events where Lua memory usage increased Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> parents: diff changeset	1	This module compares the memory usage reported by Lua before and after
5fe34e5f9829 mod_log_events_by_memory: Log events where Lua memory usage increased Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> parents: diff changeset	2	each event and reports it to the log if it exceeds the configuration
5fe34e5f9829 mod_log_events_by_memory: Log events where Lua memory usage increased Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> parents: diff changeset	3	setting `log_memory_threshold` (in bytes).
5fe34e5f9829 mod_log_events_by_memory: Log events where Lua memory usage increased Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> parents: diff changeset	4
5fe34e5f9829 mod_log_events_by_memory: Log events where Lua memory usage increased Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> parents: diff changeset	5	``` lua
5fe34e5f9829 mod_log_events_by_memory: Log events where Lua memory usage increased Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> parents: diff changeset	6	log_memory_threshold = 20*1024
5fe34e5f9829 mod_log_events_by_memory: Log events where Lua memory usage increased Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> parents: diff changeset	7	```
5fe34e5f9829 mod_log_events_by_memory: Log events where Lua memory usage increased Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> parents: diff changeset	8
3622 f781a90018f4 mod_log_events_by_memory: Add link to post explaining different kinds of memory leaks Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> parents: 3621 diff changeset	9	If you are looking to identify memory leaks, please first read [Three
f781a90018f4 mod_log_events_by_memory: Add link to post explaining different kinds of memory leaks Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> parents: 3621 diff changeset	10	kinds of memory
f781a90018f4 mod_log_events_by_memory: Add link to post explaining different kinds of memory leaks Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> parents: 3621 diff changeset	11	leaks](https://blog.nelhage.com/post/three-kinds-of-leaks/).
f781a90018f4 mod_log_events_by_memory: Add link to post explaining different kinds of memory leaks Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> parents: 3621 diff changeset	12
3621 61b9c89db212 mod_log_events_by_memory: Add a rant to README about uselessness of this module Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> parents: 3619 diff changeset	13	Prosody runs on Lua which uses automatic memory management with garbage
61b9c89db212 mod_log_events_by_memory: Add a rant to README about uselessness of this module Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> parents: 3619 diff changeset	14	collection, so the numbers reported by this module are very likely to be
61b9c89db212 mod_log_events_by_memory: Add a rant to README about uselessness of this module Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> parents: 3619 diff changeset	15	useless for the purpose of identifying memory leaks. Large, but
61b9c89db212 mod_log_events_by_memory: Add a rant to README about uselessness of this module Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> parents: 3619 diff changeset	16	temporary, increases in memory usage can however highlight other kinds
61b9c89db212 mod_log_events_by_memory: Add a rant to README about uselessness of this module Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> parents: 3619 diff changeset	17	of performance problems and sometimes even provide hits for where to
61b9c89db212 mod_log_events_by_memory: Add a rant to README about uselessness of this module Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se> parents: 3619 diff changeset	18	look for memory leaks.

author	Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com>
	Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:01:18 +0000
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