[gecode-users] Issue with memory on Gecode/J

[Malcolm Ryan]

I've had similar experiences. Gecode/J has memory leaks in the  
interface code. Since Gecode/J is no longer supported, I think you're  
probably out of luck. (One of the reasons why I am migrating to C++).

Malcolm

On 20/11/2008, at 8:52 AM, Jorge Sanchez wrote:

> Hello,
> I am writing because I have been noticing a memory issue on Gecode/ 
> J. I
> wanted to see if anyone has experienced something similar to what I am
> seeing.
>
> I have an application which generates Gecode/J CLPs, compiles, loads,
> and runs the solver on them. I am noticing that after I generate  
> several
> problems, my memory usage (looking at 'top') keeps increasing. I am
> looking at the garbage collector output, using the -verbose:gc flag  
> when
> invoking the jvm, and it is reporting much lower memory usage than  
> what
> I see through top. I've also looked at profiler dumps using hprof, and
> all the Java objects seem to be getting collected properly. I am  
> assumed
> this was an issue with the interface from Java to C, so i tried making
> explicit calls to Space.delete() with no improvement. In an old post
> (http://www.mozart-oz.org/pipermail/gecode-users/2006-March/001013.html 
> ),
> I read there had been an issue with the Java wrapper, which leads me  
> to
> think, maybe there is something still amiss(?).
>
> Does anyone have any knowledge of what may be causing this?
> I am using Gecode/J 2.2.0 under Sun JVM 1.6.0_06-b02, in a 2.6.24  
> Linux
> kernel.
> I also compiled the Gecode libraries with gcc 4.2.3
>
> -- 
> Jorge Sanchez
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