Re: Heapshot Analysis to find Memory Accretion (Leaks)
Re: Heapshot Analysis to find Memory Accretion (Leaks)
- Subject: Re: Heapshot Analysis to find Memory Accretion (Leaks)
- From: Roland King <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:33:47 +0800
To my Cocoa Keepers file.
Bill thank you very much, I didn't know what Heapshot did and what the output meant. Now I do.
On 18-Oct-2010, at 11:52 AM, Bill Bumgarner wrote:
> Folks--
>
> I wrote up an article on how to use the "Mark Heap" / "Heapshot Analysis" tools in Instruments to detect, analyze, and fix memory leaks, including those that leaks can't find.
>
> http://www.friday.com/bbum/2010/10/17/when-is-a-leak-not-a-leak-using-heapshot-analysis-to-find-undesirable-memory-growth/
>
> I would encourage everyone to give it a spin with your app. If it is document based, then:
>
> - launch your app under Instruments with the Allocations Instrument
> - (1) open a document
> - select a thing, copy, paste
> - close the document (without saving)
> - press Mark Heap in Instruments
> - goto (1)
>
> Ideally, each "Heapshot" iteration should show 0 growth in almost all cases.
>
> enjoy,
> b.bum
>
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