From: ruby_bugs@...
Date: 2014-09-01T05:52:02+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:64700] [ruby-trunk - Bug #10191] [Open] Possible memory leak using dup and setting an unassigned instance variable (Windows)

Issue #10191 has been reported by Ben Hellerstein.

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Bug #10191: Possible memory leak using dup and setting an unassigned instance variable (Windows)
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10191

* Author: Ben Hellerstein
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Category: 
* Target version: 
* ruby -v: 1.9.3p327 (2012-11-10) [i386-mingw32] (also present in 2.0.0p481 [i386-mingw32] from rubyinstaller.org)
* Backport: 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN
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Steps:
(1) Run the following code (tested on Window 7):

  class Leaky
    attr_accessor :v
    def leak; d = dup; d.v = nil; end
  end

  l = Leaky.new
  while true; l.leak; end

(2) Watch the memory usage in Task Manager or equivalent


Expected result:
Infinite loop, memory usage fairly stable (as GC cleans up)

Actual result:
Interpreter consumes more and more memory, and eventually throws the following exception: "in `dup': failed to allocate memory (NoMemoryError)."  Presumably, this is a memory leak.  

Workaround:
If you manually set the instance variable before dup-ing, memory usage is stable.  Accordingly, this code does not appear to leak memory:

  class NonLeaky
    attr_accessor :v
    def leak; @v ||= nil; d = dup; d.v = nil; end
  end

  l = NonLeaky.new
  while true; l.leak; end





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