perl leaks memory on thread destruction in RHEL-6

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • perl leaks memory on thread destruction in RHEL-6
  • Sample code to demonstrate this:

use threads;

sub ThreadRoutine {}

while (1) {
    threads->new(\&ThreadRoutine)->join;
}

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • perl

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