Thanks for the feedback. For anyone experiencing this issue you can follow it here: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/32692
On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 9:34 PM Agniva De Sarker < agniva.quicksil...@gmail.com> wrote: > I can see that files are getting added. Which means index size is expected > to increase. But it seems sometimes it is increasing even when there is no > change. > > Could you please file an issue so that folks can investigate this ? Thanks. > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2019, 10:17 PM Christopher Dang < > christopher.d...@wework.com> wrote: > >> Hello Agniva, >> >> Here is the information you've asked for: >> >> go version: 1.12.0 >> godoc version: latest >> >> I don't read from an index file because I need live updating from godoc >> and boot time isn't a high priority. This is because the service I'm >> creating can expect many files to be added, removed, or updated while godoc >> is running. While it would be convenient to restart godoc between file >> system changes my superiors would prefer I not use this option. >> >> I've attached a log dump from godoc -v below. >> >> I'm running the godoc process from within a docker so I use three methods >> to measure the memory usage: >> 1.) I docker exec into the container and run *top. *The *VSZ% *is the >> stat I use to measure memory from inside the docker. >> 2.) I run *docker stats* on the container from my host process >> 3.) since I run godoc with the verbose flag I get logs that tell me how >> many bytes are consumed by godoc. Example: >> 2019/06/17 23:28:26 index updated (88.264700559s, 211342912 bytes of >> source, 17421 files, 6533095 lines, 173980 unique words, 8997500 spots) >> 2019/06/17 23:28:26 before GC: bytes = 2385978984 *footprint* = >> 6429047608 >> 2019/06/17 23:28:26 after GC: bytes = 614368968* footprint *= 6429047608 >> >> The charts and excel sheet above get their data points from godoc's >> footprint logs. I double check every now and then that footprint's output >> is accurate by comparing it against *top* and *docker stats. * >> >> The docker image is golang:1.12.0-alpine3.9 >> >> On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 9:40 PM Agniva De Sarker < >> agniva.quicksil...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Couple of questions: >>> >>> 1. What version of godoc and Go are you using ? What is your go env ? >>> >>> 2. You are using -index but not passing an index file. Any reason for >>> that ? godoc will load faster if you write an index beforehand and pass >>> that. >>> >>> 3. I am guessing since you have set index_interval, you expect files to >>> be added in your GOPATH. How many new files are getting added while godoc >>> is running ? >>> >>> 4. Please show us the output by adding -v flag. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, 18 June 2019 05:28:39 UTC+5:30, christo...@wework.com wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> >>>> I've been playing around with an internal godoc server and noticed that >>>> over long periods of time the memory growth is unbounded. The command I use >>>> to invoke godoc is *godoc -index=true -index_interval=15m >>>> -index_throttle=.30 -maxresults=0*. The following images below track >>>> the memory usage and change in memory usage over a 24 hour period on a 8 >>>> GiB machine. I've also attached a pdf with the data points I gathered >>>> during the experiment. Notice how the godoc process consumes 76% of memory >>>> by the end of the experiment. Is this indicative of a memory leak in the >>>> godoc source code or is this expected behavior? >>>> >>>> >>>> [image: Δ Mem Usage %.png][image: Mem Usage %.png] >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/golang-nuts/nU706aM7QpM/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/60b70a8c-3a3d-49c6-b9dc-b2bd1053c435%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/60b70a8c-3a3d-49c6-b9dc-b2bd1053c435%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAM8TFU6s87RTws%2BxgMuLaoNmsNbbaCJT9GOC_fn1JDs7ahk%2Btw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
