Bug #70098 [Csd]: Real memory usage doesn't decrease

From: Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2015 15:24:50 +0000
Subject: Bug #70098 [Csd]: Real memory usage doesn't decrease
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 ID:                 70098
 Updated by:         dmitry@php.net
 Reported by:        robin dot kunde at recoursive dot com
 Summary:            Real memory usage doesn't decrease
 Status:             Closed
 Type:               Bug
 Package:            Performance problem
 Operating System:   Ubuntu 15.04, OSX 10.10.4
 PHP Version:        7.0.0beta1
 Assigned To:        dmitry
 Block user comment: N
 Private report:     N

 New Comment:

The fix doesn't change the output of the test script, because MM GC is triggered only by
"Out of Memory". However, it's possible to add call to gc_mem_caches() before
printing memory usage, and in this case "real" memory consumption won't grow.


Previous Comments:
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[2015-08-04 15:21:22] dmitry@php.net

Automatic comment on behalf of dmitry@zend.com
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=668ecaa606b3203311b3329fcbd49b59f715e1e4
Log: Fixed bug #70098 (Real memory usage doesn't decrease)

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[2015-08-03 13:01:40] dmitry@php.net

New memory manager may keep pages, previously allocated to serve some "small" blocks (less
than 3Kb), even if all of them were deallocated. These "small" blocks are cached (in
linked list) and may be reused later.

This strategy works well for real-life apps, because all pages are reclaimed on request shut-down
anyway. However, I agree, this may be not good enough for some long-running apps.

To fix this, we will need some kind of GC, that will traverse cache lists for each "small"
size and determine pages where all blocks are cached. Then this pages may be freed and all the
nested blocks removed from cache lists. This GC may be triggered when memory limit is reached, or
before allocating each new 2M chunk.

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[2015-07-25 07:11:28] alex at alex-at dot ru

Not only on OOM probably, but on forced gc_collect_cycles() call as well, to make forced cleaning
possible for long running scripts.

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[2015-07-21 15:02:13] rasmus@php.net

I think the idea of freeing these on an OOM is a good one. I would hate to see additional overhead
added to try to keep track of these for the common case of short-lived requests.

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[2015-07-21 03:19:17] laruence@php.net

pages are allocated together in trunk(~2M), which means if a page is not used anymore it won't
be able to release back to OS , unless the whole trunk is not used anymore..

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