GTK+ Forums Discussion forum for GTK+ and Programming. Ask questions, troubleshoot problems, view and post example code, or express your opinions.    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Memory leak with glib2... help needed          GTK+ Forums Forum Index -> GTK+ Programming Author Message amit_sahrawat Joined: 23 Apr 2008 Posts: 2 Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:12 am    Post subject: Memory leak with glib2... help needed hi, I am writing a simple application to grab window_opened event, I wish to get an event every time a window gets opened on the system. So I did, WnckScreen *screen = wnck_screen_get(0); g_signal_connect(screen, "window_opened", (GCallback)WindowOpenCallback, NULL); from my thread in addition to init part. Now, I am getting the desired results but problem is over a period of time the top shows memory increase for my program(increase in RES memory in chunks of 4k,8k,12k...)... I tried looking for the things. Please help me out if this is a known issue with any of the library. Thanks in advance... Regards, Amit Sahrawat Back to top openldev Never Seen the Sunlight Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 376 Location: State College, Pennsylvania Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:27 pm    Post subject: What type of memory are you looking at? If you look at the wrong type of memory reading, it could appear as though your program is leaking when it is not. Could you post some code? But first, read this article on memory readings in Linux: http://virtualthreads.blogspot.com/2006/02/understanding-memory-usage-on-linux.html Back to top amit_sahrawat Joined: 23 Apr 2008 Posts: 2 Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:35 am    Post subject: Nice Article with good explanation, Thanks My code is like this, void InitScreens() { WnckScreen *screen = wnck_screen_get(0); //Connect a callback to the window opened event in libwnck g_signal_connect(screen, "window_opened", (GCallback)WindowOpenCallback, NULL); } capture_main() { int argc = 1; char **argv = (char**)malloc(sizeof(char*)); /* Initializing the mutex for window control*/ pthread_mutex_init(&window_mutex,NULL); /*This is relevant to my data structures */ pthread_mutex_init(&rsrpmutex,NULL);/*This is relevant to my data structures */ //Initialise GDK gdk_init(&argc, &argv); //Connect to every screen InitScreens(); loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, TRUE); g_main_loop_run(loop); free(argv); argv=NULL; } Then I have the callback function, where I get the windows name and prepare a list for the same. After running this program and opening up windows very frequently, say around 4-5 windows every minute... the TOP programs shows increase in RES memory for the program. 26248 root 18 0 124m 4712 3780 S 0.3 1.4 0:00.78 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4712 3780 S 0.3 1.4 0:00.79 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4712 3780 S 0.3 1.4 0:00.80 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4712 3780 S 0.3 1.4 0:00.81 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4720 3788 S 0.3 1.4 0:00.82 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4720 3788 S 9.6 1.4 0:01.11 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4720 3788 S 0.3 1.4 0:01.12 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4720 3788 S 0.7 1.4 0:01.14 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4720 3788 S 9.0 1.4 0:01.41 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4720 3788 S 1.3 1.4 0:01.45 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4720 3788 S 1.0 1.4 0:01.48 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4720 3788 S 11.7 1.4 0:01.83 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4720 3788 S 0.7 1.4 0:01.85 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4720 3788 S 0.7 1.4 0:01.87 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4724 3788 S 10.6 1.4 0:02.19 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4728 3788 S 9.6 1.4 0:02.48 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4728 3788 S 1.0 1.4 0:02.51 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4728 3788 S 0.3 1.4 0:02.52 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4728 3788 S 0.3 1.4 0:02.53 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4736 3788 S 9.3 1.4 0:02.81 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4736 3788 S 1.3 1.4 0:02.85 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4736 3788 S 0.3 1.4 0:02.86 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4736 3788 S 0.7 1.4 0:02.88 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4740 3788 S 5.3 1.4 0:03.04 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4740 3788 S 5.0 1.4 0:03.19 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4740 3788 S 0.3 1.4 0:03.20 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4740 3788 S 0.7 1.4 0:03.22 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4748 3788 S 4.3 1.4 0:03.35 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4748 3788 S 5.0 1.4 0:03.50 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4748 3788 S 0.3 1.4 0:03.51 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4748 3788 S 0.3 1.4 0:03.52 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4748 3788 S 0.3 1.4 0:03.53 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4748 3788 S 1.0 1.4 0:03.56 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4752 3788 S 6.7 1.4 0:03.76 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4752 3788 S 4.7 1.4 0:03.90 capture 26248 root 18 0 124m 4832 3868 S 1.0 1.4 0:03.93 capture Regards, Amit Sahrawat Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         GTK+ Forums Forum Index -> GTK+ Programming All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group CodeBB 1.0 Beta 2 Protected by Anti-Spam ACP