On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:41:05 +0530 dE <de.tec...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 06/14/13 17:02, Matthias Clasen wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 3:27 AM, dE <de.tec...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I was monitoring the memory usage before and after execution of > >> g_object_unref and gtk_list_store_clear, and it didnt change the > >> memory usage by a bit. > >> > >> Is this normal (am I doing it right?)? > > What are you monitoring, and how ? > > > > It is i normal that freeing memory does not change the resource > > consumption of the process. The freed memory will be available for > > reuse by malloc, but malloc does not immediately return the memory > > to the OS. > > No, filled more than 7GB, swap was at ~350 MB, and then I loaded a > small table which would otherwise take less than 10 MB memory, but > the memory usage increased.
Can you post the smallest compilable program which demonstrates your problem (run with G_SLICE=always-malloc set), and with particulars of how you are measuring memory usage? That should identify if you are doing something wrong with how you are handling the memory in your program. Chris _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
