--- deliantra/server/common/logger.C	2010/04/11 17:27:51	1.24
+++ deliantra/server/common/logger.C	2010/04/11 17:54:13	1.25
@@ -40,12 +40,14 @@
   int flags;
 };
 
+typedef std::vector<logline, slice_allocator<logline> > logvector;
+
 static SMUTEX(mutex);
 static SMUTEX(fdlock);
 static SCOND(cond);
 static int logfd = STDERR_FILENO;
 static int logsync = 1;
-static std::vector<logline, slice_allocator<logline> > queue;
+static logvector queue;
 
 int log_setfd (int fd)
 {
@@ -133,7 +135,11 @@
       // we have bigger problems.
       if (idx == queue.size ())
         {
-          queue.clear ();
+          if (idx < 32)
+            queue.clear ();
+          else
+            logvector ().swap (queue); // free memory, hopefully
+
           idx = 0;
         }
 
@@ -147,6 +153,7 @@
 log_cleanup ()
 {
   logsync = 1;
+  SMUTEX_UNLOCK (fdlock);
 
   for (;;)
     {