Re: Memory leak with CAsyncSocket::Create

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r norman <r_s_norman@_comcast.net>

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microsoft.public.vc.mfc

Date:

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:36:29 -0400

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On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:26:06 -0400, r norman <r_s_norman@_comcast.net>
wrote:

That did the trick! Many, many thanks, Michael. I don't understand
it, but then if it works, I don't care. The first CAsyncSocket uses a
bunch of memory no doubt because that is when all the socket code gets
loaded, as Joe pointed out. From then on it is all 0 bytes per
instance!

And many thanks again both to you Joe and you AliR for your major
assistance in getting to the bottom of this.

The problem, as Joe points out, is how such a serious problem can go
unfixed and unremarked. I won't comment on the corporation that is
responsible because I use and depend on so much of their products and
have done so since CP/M MASM and LINK. But the many people who blow
a gasket at the mere hint of that corporate name do have at least some
justification.

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:45:46 -0700, "Michael K. O'Neill"
<MikeAThon2000@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote:

My sincere thanks to your knowledge of this problem. I haven't
enabled themes (to my knowledge) on my system, but this may do it. If
it does, it saves me a lot of work. If it doesn't, at least I know
that the problem isn't me doing stupid things. Or at least, part of
the problem isn't; no doubt there are more stupid things that are
really my fault still waiting to bite me.

"r norman" <r_s_norman@_comcast.net> wrote in message
news:2895939efidggi556s7fbje0euhm2jd2d0@4ax.com...

I have traced a memory leak problem to CAsyncSocket::Create(). Is
this a known problem? Is there a workaround/solution/fix? Here is
sample code:

  for (int i=0; i<m_nReopenCount; ++i) {
    CAsyncSocket *pAS = new CAsyncSocket;
    pAS->Create();
    pAS->Close();
    delete pAS;
}

Running this 1000 times uses up 1200 KBytes of memory, or just over 1
KByte per call. Commenting out the Create() leaves memory clean. (And
please don't complain about my bracketing style -- I like it.)

This is a known problem, acknowledged by Microsoft.

Apparently, when using CAsyncSocket in a GUI app that also has XP visual
styles (themes), there is a memory leak. The problem seems to be
OS-dependent, and it might exist only under XP (running themes). It did not
manifest itself under Win 2000, and it might be gone now from Vista.

For one report, see "CSocket Consuming Memory Uncontrollably" at
http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=353944 . I am fairly certain
that this is the same problem that you are seeing, since this report also
includes the exact same number for the amount of leaked memory (i.e., 1200
bytes per call to Create()).

There is a parallel posting in the newsgroups at "HELP!! CSocket and
CAsyncSocket Consumes Memory Uncontrollably" in the
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.networks newsgroup, at
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.win32.programmer.networks/browse_frm/thread/8490cdb5c4f18c76/b87332dbee0cb54c?tvc=1

The "solution", if you can call it that, is to disable themes. See
"CAsynCSocket Memory Leak Fix" at
http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=370761

Mike

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