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Bug #73659 Recursive call leaks memory
Submitted: 2016-12-05 18:47 UTC Modified: 2016-12-05 19:26 UTC
From: grzegorz129 at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Performance problem
PHP Version: 7.1.0 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2016-12-05 18:47 UTC] grzegorz129 at gmail dot com
Description:
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I've found very strange behavior, which is (unfortunately) consistent across multiple PHP versions: https://3v4l.org/ppe5R

Test script:
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<?php
gc_enable();
echo memory_get_usage(true)/1024 . "\n";

    function callFunc($i = 0) {
        if ($i < 100000) {
           gc_collect_cycles();
           callFunc(++$i);
        }
    }

callFunc();
gc_collect_cycles();
echo memory_get_usage(true)/1024 . "\n";

callFunc();
gc_collect_cycles();
echo memory_get_usage(true)/1024 . "\n";

Expected result:
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Memory should be freed after recursion.

Actual result:
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Memory is retained during lifetime of a recursion, but it's never freed.

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 [2016-12-05 19:26 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2016-12-05 19:26 UTC] nikic@php.net
memory_get_usage(true) reports memory as allocated by the memory manager. This occurs in 2MB chunks, and these chunks may be cached. What you're seeing here is that the memory manager ends up retaining two chunks.

To check for leaks, use memory_get_usage() without "true".
 
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