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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2017-02-28 11:47:18 +0100 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2017-02-28 11:47:25 +0100 |
| commit | 1f83663bc2c83ce9cc267b359047cebff9acc4b0 (patch) | |
| tree | c30645c4a4eab1dfe58be719bb06938662665cb0 | |
| parent | a48b998ff377a827357732b8868b0de10768129d (diff) | |
| parent | 50ae5c711a35828e91bbf880c9508776703ec51e (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-1f83663bc2c83ce9cc267b359047cebff9acc4b0.tar.xz | |
Merge #9866: Document increase in memory usage due to mempool/dbcache sharing
50ae5c7 Document increase in memory usage due to mempool/dbcache sharing (Matt Corallo)
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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 0f2ed893fa..9d3c3e34fe 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -348,6 +348,16 @@ Fundrawtransaction change address reuse - Users should also consider using `getrawchangeaddress()` in conjunction with `fundrawtransaction`'s `changeAddress` option. +Unused mempool memory used by coincache +---------------------------------------- + +- Before 0.14, memory reserved for mempool (using the `-maxmempool` option) + went unused during initial block download, or IBD. In 0.14, the UTXO DB cache + (controlled with the `-dbcache` option) borrows memory from the mempool + when there is extra memory available. This may result in an increase in + memory usage during IBD for those previously relying on only the `-dbcache` + option to limit memory during that time. + 0.14.0 Change log ================= |