Re: Virtual Bytes is STL
anand chugh wrote:
I was trying the following sample application , just to check memory
allocated by vector is released to OS after the vector goes out of
scope.
There is no guarantee that it ever will be released to the OS, it might (and
typically is) cached internally by the C++ standardlibrary implementation.
(1) Before call to funcStr(), Private Bytes=17MB, Virtual Bytes=18 MB
(2) After call to funcStr(),Private Bytes=85MB, Virtual Bytes=260 MB
(data collected from perfmon)
Yep, expected behaviour.
Until the program exits this Virtual Bytes never comes down. As per
expected behaviour when vector goes out of scope ie returning from
funcStr(), its memory should be released back to OS.
Try calling the function multiple times, you will see that the used memory
is not increased with every call, so there is no leak (in case that's what
you were wondering).
Is there any way to release the memory to OS rather than STL?I guess
implementing allocator would be soultion.
Yes, I think so too.
Uli
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