From 50ae5c711a35828e91bbf880c9508776703ec51e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Corallo Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 12:15:47 -0500 Subject: Document increase in memory usage due to mempool/dbcache sharing --- doc/release-notes.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 557f8985d0..1bf9261c8d 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -342,6 +342,16 @@ 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 ================= -- cgit v1.2.3