Comments on: Ruby leaks memory http://pennysmalls.com/2008/03/23/ruby-leaks-memory/ A blog about Ruby, Rails and other tech. Mostly. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:12:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stephen Sykes http://pennysmalls.com/2008/03/23/ruby-leaks-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Stephen Sykes Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:06:12 +0000 http://pennysmalls.com/2008/03/23/ruby-leaks-memory/#comment-174 Yes, we use OS X for dev, and so far I have been unable to compile ruby 1.8.7 with tcmalloc on that platform. However, it does compile ok on our x86-64 app server, but I have yet to complete testing with it so I haven't run it live so far. I hear that performance is significantly improved with tcmalloc, but I don't expect memory usage improvements. Yes, we use OS X for dev, and so far I have been unable to compile ruby 1.8.7 with tcmalloc on that platform.

However, it does compile ok on our x86-64 app server, but I have yet to complete testing with it so I haven’t run it live so far. I hear that performance is significantly improved with tcmalloc, but I don’t expect memory usage improvements.

]]> By: roger http://pennysmalls.com/2008/03/23/ruby-leaks-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-173 roger Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:22:23 +0000 http://pennysmalls.com/2008/03/23/ruby-leaks-memory/#comment-173 I wonder if tcmalloc would help, too. [i.e. it's also out there and seems to work well, perhaps without some of the drawbacks of ptmalloc3 + ruby]. It won't work on OS X but on Linux it does. I wonder if tcmalloc would help, too. [i.e. it's also out there and seems to work well, perhaps without some of the drawbacks of ptmalloc3 + ruby].

It won’t work on OS X but on Linux it does.

]]> By: roger degree search http://pennysmalls.com/2008/03/23/ruby-leaks-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-100 roger degree search Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:46:59 +0000 http://pennysmalls.com/2008/03/23/ruby-leaks-memory/#comment-100 I believe it's fixed in 1.8.6/1.8.7 SVN [if not a released version]. I believe it’s fixed in 1.8.6/1.8.7 SVN [if not a released version].

]]> By: Stephen Sykes http://pennysmalls.com/2008/03/23/ruby-leaks-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Stephen Sykes Mon, 26 May 2008 07:03:53 +0000 http://pennysmalls.com/2008/03/23/ruby-leaks-memory/#comment-90 It's a relief to see that this memory leak appears to be fixed in Ruby 1.8.7 preview 4. http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/302887 It’s a relief to see that this memory leak appears to be fixed in Ruby 1.8.7 preview 4.

http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/302887

]]> By: Stephen Sykes http://pennysmalls.com/2008/03/23/ruby-leaks-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Stephen Sykes Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:32:29 +0000 http://pennysmalls.com/2008/03/23/ruby-leaks-memory/#comment-37 This is Ruby 1.8.6 p114. We are certainly not seeing pauses due to GC running, so I suspect that we are not hitting quite the same problems that you had. This is Ruby 1.8.6 p114. We are certainly not seeing pauses due to GC running, so I suspect that we are not hitting quite the same problems that you had.

]]> By: Zeno Davatz http://pennysmalls.com/2008/03/23/ruby-leaks-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Zeno Davatz Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:24:22 +0000 http://pennysmalls.com/2008/03/23/ruby-leaks-memory/#comment-36 Interesting! Keep us posted. We are a lot more stable since we compiled against "ptmalloc3" - Which version of Ruby are you using? Best Zeno Interesting! Keep us posted. We are a lot more stable since we compiled against “ptmalloc3″ – Which version of Ruby are you using?

Best
Zeno

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