Hi, The stub can be shared by different calls, but the memory is freed in https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/src/core/lib/surface/channel.c#L311
You can try to define GRPC_STREAM_REFCOUNT_DEBUG to have more logs. On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 5:17 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I am tracking down a memory leak, and it leads to the NewStub call (async > in my case). In our code, for every rpc request from the client, a NewStub > is created to send the request. The stub object returned from NewStub is > correctly deleted (as a unique_ptr), but something else during the call is > not. > > From the code, Stub::Stub sets the RpcMethod object. RpcMethod's > constructor calls channel->RegisterMethod(name), which then calls > grpc_channel_register_call who does a gpr_malloc(sizeof(registered_call)). > I am not sure when this memory should be freed, but jeprof also reports > this gpr_malloc is leaking. > > I also tried turning on GRPC_TRACE, and saw this > grpc_channel_register_call, but never the one that frees the memory. Maybe > I am not familiar with the grpc code, but can someone explain how this > memory is freed? > > Thanks for any pointer. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups " > grpc.io" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/grpc-io. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/grpc-io/4e9482c2-48f3-462e-bce0-8d61e4152b88%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/grpc-io/4e9482c2-48f3-462e-bce0-8d61e4152b88%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 "grpc.io" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/grpc-io. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/grpc-io/CAB1HKY7g0YDHZE5CYYO2JVEZTGA-yFLCZaN6bSWdW6%3DFHVRyMw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
