On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 6:27 AM, Jeffrey Spencer <[email protected]>wrote:
> I have had issues with Linux (Ubuntu 10.04 x86_64) not releasing memory > back to the OS. I have code here the exhibits the issue: > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5975255/memory-allocated-to-python-in-the-os-is-never-released-back-in-linux-even-after-g > > Can you post an actual example that shows your issue? That code doesn't do anything - it only imports some libraries and defines a class which is not even instantiated. > Then I read at http://pushingtheweb.com/2010/06/python-and-tcmalloc/ > that this was a problem fixed by compiling your own version of Python > using the TCMalloc library which I have now done. Funny how such a thing never comes up, and then twice in three days:) http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.numeric.general/43965 Ralf > The issue is still > exhibited so I was keen to know if possibly it was because numpy is > compiled and linked to the default memory management library (not sure > if this is true or how this works but would I also need to compile numpy > linked to the TCMalloc library). Let me know if anyone has any insight > on this issue. Or if it isn't related to numpy at all. > > > -- > ______________________________________________________ > Jeffrey Spencer > Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering > Nonlinear Signal Processing Group > The University of Melbourne > [email protected] > (Mob.) 044 991 7726 > > > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion >
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