There is a little memory leak in my script I am not able to spot. I have
tried
everything I found about detecting leaks but no luck.
I first tried all the recomendations found here
http://theexciter.com/articles/finding-leaking-ruby-objects?commented=1#c000092
I can see the number of objects but the total number of objects does not
increment indefinitely but the script keeps consuming memory.
I tried this code:
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Entry = Struct.new( “MEntry”, :c, :mem )
class MEntry; def to_s() “#{c} : #{mem}”; end; end
GroupEntry = Struct.new( “GroupEntry”, :c, :mem, :total )
class GroupEntry; def to_s() “#{c} x#{total}(#{mem})”; end; end
def profile_mem
groups = {}
ObjectSpace.each_object { |x|
e = nil
begin
e = MEntry.new( x.class, Marshal::dump(x).size )
rescue TypeError # undumpable
e = MEntry.new( x.class, 0 )
end
if groups.has_key? e.c
groups[e.c].mem += e.mem
groups[e.c].total += 1
else
groups[e.c] = GroupEntry.new( e.c, e.mem, 1 )
end
}
File.open( “mem_log”, “a+” ) { |file|
total = 0
groups.to_a.sort_by { |e| e[1].mem }.each { |e|
file << "#{e[1]} ";
total += e[1].mem
}
file << “TOTAL == #{total}”
file << “\n”
}
end
This code gives a list of all objects in ObjectSpace and their memory
usage.
Also I log the total memory usage.
The log indicates that my scripts uses between 3 to 4 megs of memory
constantly, that is, it fluctuates between these values but the windows
manager indicates that the memory increase all the time and never goes
down.
Running the script for a day consumes all 2G ram of my machine and
causes the
script to bail out.
So are there any other tips on how to detect memory leaks?? Ruby Memory
Validator is only available to accepted beta testers so is not an option
for
me.
I use Windows XP pro with the One-Click Ruby installer (1.8.2) and
ActiveRecord (1.13.2).
Any ideas are welcome…
regards,
Horacio