From: Darshan Patil <dapatil@...>
Date: 2006-10-26T16:00:09+09:00
Subject: Re: debugging memory use and GC

snacktime wrote:
> What is a good way to find out what objects are not being GC'd ?  I am
> seeing a strange pattern I can't figure out.  The app is handling
> large files and will use up to 150mb or so of memory and then when I
> call GC.start it goes back down to around 8mb.  But after a few cycles
> memory stops being reclaimed.
> 
> Chris
> 

Print out all Objects to a file before the leak and after the leak.
diff the files. Sort the objects by their class and then the object_id.
If you suspect some objects, add a finalizer using 
ObjectSpace#add_finalizer and put some trace in it.

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Darshan Patil

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