X$ksmsp (OSEE 10.2.0.2 on Solaris 8)

Granted that x$ksmsp is not documented and therefore subject to changes from version to version (or patch to patch), I have an Oracle Support Engineer telling me that one entry in ksmsp might actually show fragmented memory in the case of a memory leak. My understanding, from what I have gleaned from others much smarter than I, was that each row of ksmsp showed one contiguous chunk of memory, be it small or large, FREE or PERM (or something in between). The whole idea of a memory leak causing ksmsp to report a fragmented chunk as one piece is a little disturbing.

Can anyone corroborate or refute this?

Oracle Server Enterprise Edition 10.2.0.2 Solaris 8 (SunOS 5.8) 64-bit

charles schultz
oracle dba
aits - adsd
university of illinois

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