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Re: Memory leak remains in 1.6.3?

From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:19:12 +0200

Andy Levy wrote:
> I have not yet tested this with the command-line client. I hope to
> today, but other priorities may get in the way.
>
> One of my users is reporting problems locking a bunch of files on one
> of his workstations, so I've been trying to reproduce the issue. I
> asked him to upgrade to 1.6.3 and he's still testing. I upgraded
> myself to 1.6.3 this morning, and while I can't reproduce his issues
> (couldn't with 1.6.2 either), I'm observing a large amount of memory
> used and not released.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> 1) I have a WC of 848 PDF files, total size about 1GB (excluding .svn
> directories)
> 2) Select all PDFs, right-click, TSVn _> Get Lock
> 3) Lock Files dialog takes a while to populate, but it's 848 files - I
> kind of expect that
> 4) Make sure all all are selected and click OK
> 5) All files are successfully locked. TortoiseProc.exe shows a Virtual
> Size of 649MB, Working Set of 440MB in Sysinternals Process Explorer
> (I have 2GB physical RAM)
> 6) Click OK. TortoiseProc.exe does NOT disappear from Process Explorer
> (I gave it over a minute). Rest of system is bogged down heavily due
> to this memory usage.
> 7) Terminate TortoiseProc.exe and system behavior returns to normal.
>
> The exact same thing happens when I follow this sequence in unlocking
> the files as well.

Locking/unlocking is usually done on very few files, so the svn library
is optimized for that. Locking/unlocking hundreds of files indicates not
a problem with svn but with your workflow (seriously: are you *really*
working on all those 848 files at once?).

Stefan

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