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Bug #74174 Memory allocation problem
Submitted: 2017-02-27 12:31 UTC Modified: 2017-03-12 04:52 UTC
From: enleury at gmail dot com Assigned: dmitry (profile)
Status: Not a bug Package: Performance problem
PHP Version: 7.1.2 OS: Ubuntu
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2017-02-27 12:31 UTC] enleury at gmail dot com 
Description:
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Memory is not freed after return from the method. Looks like a heap defragmentation issue (https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53669), but it works fine on 5.x branches.

Online test script for 5.x and 7.x branches: https://3v4l.org/2OVeU#output

Test script:
---------------
<?php

function create_docs($amount)
{
    $documents = [];

    for ($i = 0; $i < $amount; $i++) {
        $documents[] = ['a' => $i];
    }
}

echo memory_get_usage(true), PHP_EOL;

create_docs(5000);
echo memory_get_usage(true), PHP_EOL;

create_docs(50000);
echo memory_get_usage(true), PHP_EOL;

create_docs(5000);
echo memory_get_usage(true), PHP_EOL;

Expected result:
----------------
262144
524288
524288
524288

Actual result:
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2097152
4194304
20971520
20971520

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 [2017-02-27 14:23 UTC] dmitry@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Assigned -Assigned To: +Assigned To: dmitry
 [2017-02-27 22:16 UTC] dmitry@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Feedback
 [2017-02-27 22:16 UTC] dmitry@php.net 
This is not a bug.
If you compare peak memory usage, PHP-7 wins.

PHP-7 just manages memory differently.
It allocates system memory by bigger chunks (2MB) and doesn't return free chunks back to system immediately, assuming that script may request the same amount again.
 [2017-02-28 07:59 UTC] enleury at gmail dot com 
Thank you for clarification. Is gc_mem_caches() the only way to free up chunks?
 [2017-02-28 10:23 UTC] dmitry@php.net 
yes. I forgot, we exposed MM GC to user-level :)
Actually, even this function may keep one (or maybe few) unused chunk(s) cached.

Zend MM was highly tuned especially for typical real-life usage, but any suggestions for improvement are welcome.
 [2017-03-12 04:22 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because
we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem.
If this is not the case and you are able to provide the
information that was requested earlier, please do so and
change the status of the bug back to "Re-Opened". Thank you.
 [2017-03-12 04:52 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: No Feedback +Status: Not a bug
 [2017-03-12 04:52 UTC] requinix@php.net 
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