I created a little "leak test" stack that runs the "leaks" shell command against the processID of the LC engine that runs the stack. It checks for new leaks every 60 seconds and lists the number and size of each new leak found. I'm running it in LC 9.6.1 on 3 Macs right now - Catalina, High Sierra and Big Sur.
After about 30 minutes: - LC on Big Sur (M1) has 10 leaks for a total of 688 bytes. - LC on Catalina (Intel) has no leaks. - LC on High Sierra (Intel) has no leaks. Just FYI - Phil Davis On 3/26/21 7:33 PM, John Balgenorth via use-livecode wrote: > I am not personally using Bug Sur but if you make a standalone does > it leak memory too or is this only with the development system? > > JB > >> On Mar 26, 2021, at 7:29 PM, scott--- via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> I’m running Big Sur and just got a warning from the OS that I was out of >> application memory. Livecode was using 133.52 GB of memory. It had been >> open for a couple days but it wasn’t doing anything. >> -- >> Scott Morrow >> >> Elementary Software >> (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) >> web https://elementarysoftware.com/ >> email sc...@elementarysoftware.com >> booth 1-360-734-4701 >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> >>> On Mar 26, 2021, at 6:53 AM, Andre Garzia via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> Sean, >>> >>> The stack was not running anything. It was simply opened. I don’t believe >>> it would leak like that. Anyway, I’m monitoring to see if it happens again. >>> >>> A >>> >>>>> On 26 Mar 2021, at 13:01, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode >>>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>> Wow, Andre, that's impressive. That amounts to about 34MB per minute over >>>> 48hrs. I've had a pretty massive stack (226MB file at the moment) on my Mac >>>> sitting here over the last week. Looking in the activity monitor, LC has >>>> 987MB associated with it. and watching it over a period of time it remains >>>> stable and even went down a tiny bit. >>>> >>>> I wonder if this is more an issue with Rosetta2 in this instance. Maybe >>>> something in LC leaks because of the Rosetta transformation of the binary. >>>> Perhaps, as a test, open the same stack on a non-AppleSilicon Mac and watch >>>> them both for how much memory they expend over a period of time. >>>> >>>> All the best with that. >>>> >>>> Sean >>>> >>>> On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 at 10:03, Andre Garzia via use-livecode < >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have no idea what happened. I’m running LC 9.6.2-rc-3 on macOS Big Sur >>>>> on M1 ISA (so it is running under Rosetta 2). I kept the IDE opened for a >>>>> couple days, I was working on a gaziliion stacks at the same time and was >>>>> not yet ready to close them. >>>>> >>>>> The stacks were not doing anything, they were not running “send in time” >>>>> commands or doing any kind of processing, they were just opened. Then >>>>> macOS >>>>> showed me a dialog I have never ever seen on macOS 10.x, a memory >>>>> exhaustion dialog. Looking closer at it, LiveCode was using 100 GB of >>>>> memory, as in Gigabyte, as can be seen on this screenshot: >>>>> >>>>> http://andregarzia.com/img/shots/lc-memory-leak.png < >>>>> http://andregarzia.com/img/shots/lc-memory-leak.png> >>>>> >>>>> I remember things like the “default button” causing leaks due to the >>>>> animation and so on, but all I had was a bunch of custom stacks open and >>>>> the script editor focused. Thats it. It was open since yesterday. >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>>> subscription preferences: >>>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Phil Davis 503-307-4363 _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
