Hi,
I am working on c++ in a linux system ( Fedora core 4 ),
kernel version - 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
gcc version - 4.0.0 20050519 ( Red Hat 4.0.0-8 )
In my code i am creating a vector to store pointers of type structure
"SAMPLE_TABLE_S TRUCT" ( size of this structure is 36 bytes ). I create
an instance of structure "SAMPLE_TABLE_S TRUCT" using operator "new"
and push back into the vector,this is done inside a for loop for
204800 times. After i come out of for loop i observe the memory
consumed by the process using the command "pmap -d pid". The memory
consumption increases by approximately 8 MB. After this i delete all
the contents of vector using "delete" operator. Now if i observe the
memory consumed by the process ( using "pmap -d pid" command ) it
shows no reduction in the memory even after deallocating the memory in
the code.
It shows memory reduction after deleting vector contents if i store
the "char *" elements into the vector instead of "SAMPLE_TABLE_S TRUCT
*" elements.
Am not able to figure it out why even after deleting the vector ( of
type "SAMPLE_TABLE_S TRUCT *" )contents the memory reduction is not
seen...?
Can anyone please help me out here...?
Here is the piece of code where am facing the problem -
I am working on c++ in a linux system ( Fedora core 4 ),
kernel version - 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
gcc version - 4.0.0 20050519 ( Red Hat 4.0.0-8 )
In my code i am creating a vector to store pointers of type structure
"SAMPLE_TABLE_S TRUCT" ( size of this structure is 36 bytes ). I create
an instance of structure "SAMPLE_TABLE_S TRUCT" using operator "new"
and push back into the vector,this is done inside a for loop for
204800 times. After i come out of for loop i observe the memory
consumed by the process using the command "pmap -d pid". The memory
consumption increases by approximately 8 MB. After this i delete all
the contents of vector using "delete" operator. Now if i observe the
memory consumed by the process ( using "pmap -d pid" command ) it
shows no reduction in the memory even after deallocating the memory in
the code.
It shows memory reduction after deleting vector contents if i store
the "char *" elements into the vector instead of "SAMPLE_TABLE_S TRUCT
*" elements.
Am not able to figure it out why even after deleting the vector ( of
type "SAMPLE_TABLE_S TRUCT *" )contents the memory reduction is not
seen...?
Can anyone please help me out here...?
Here is the piece of code where am facing the problem -
Code:
#define ALTERNATE
#define MAX_STRING_VEC_SIZE 134
#define MAX_STRUCT_VEC_SIZE 1024*200//134
#define MAX_MEM_SIZE 1024*50
/*vector of char * type*/
void Function()
{
std::vector< char * v_pData;
#ifdef ALTERNATE
v_pData.resize( MAX_STRING_VEC_SIZE, NULL );
#endif //ALTERNATE
bool bFlag = true;
while( bFlag );
//Allocate Memory
for( int nInd = 0 ; nInd < MAX_STRING_VEC_SIZE; nInd++ )
{
char * pData = new char [MAX_MEM_SIZE];
memset( pData, 0, MAX_MEM_SIZE );
#ifdef ALTERNATE
v_pData[nInd] = pData;
#else //ALTERNATE
v_pData.push_back( pData );
#endif //#endif //ALTERNATE
}
bFlag = true;
while( bFlag );
//Release all the Memory
for( int nInd = 0 ; nInd < MAX_STRING_VEC_SIZE; nInd++ )
{
delete [] v_pData[nInd];
}
v_pData.clear();
}
/*vector of SAMPLE_TABLE_STRUCT * type*/
void Function1()
{
std::vector< SAMPLE_TABLE_STRUCT * v_pData;
#ifdef ALTERNATE
v_pData.resize( MAX_STRUCT_VEC_SIZE, NULL );
#endif //ALTERNATE
//Allocate Memory
for( int nInd = 0 ; nInd < MAX_STRUCT_VEC_SIZE; nInd++ )
{
SAMPLE_TABLE_STRUCT * pData = new SAMPLE_TABLE_STRUCT;
#ifdef ALTERNATE
v_pData[nInd] = pData;
#else //ALTERNATE
v_pData.push_back( pData );
#endif //#endif //ALTERNATE
}
//Release all the Memory
for( int nInd = 0 ; nInd < MAX_STRUCT_VEC_SIZE; nInd++ )
{
delete v_pData[nInd];
v_pData[nInd] = NULL;
}
v_pData.clear();
}
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