[Mono-bugs] [Bug 76386][Nor] New - garbage collector

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Changed by mohnader at gmail.com.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=76386

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+Bug#: 76386
+Product: Mono: Runtime
+Version: 1.1
+OS: RHEL 2.1
+OS Details: RedHat es 4
+Status: NEW   
+Resolution: 
+Severity: 
+Priority: Normal
+Component: GC
+AssignedTo: lupus at ximian.com                            
+ReportedBy: mohnader at gmail.com               
+QAContact: mono-bugs at ximian.com
+TargetMilestone: ---
+URL: 
+Cc: 
+Summary: garbage collector
+
+Please fill in this template when reporting a bug, unless you know what 
+you are doing.
+Description of Problem:
+The garbage collector do not release memory after calling the collect or 
+even after waiting for a while. When monitoring the mono process, the 
+memory is released after a very long time in term of hours. This actually 
+leads to filling the webserver memory.  First I doubted that the memory 
+leak is from my code. However, I tried to run this code under Microsoft 
+Runtime and there was no leakage. I noticed that this is due to using the 
+Boehm garbage collector but does that mean that even calling collect 
+explicitly the garbage collector release memory. Also, why the garbage 
+collector always reserve memory and never releases it unless the process 
+is killed or after waiting for a long time.
+
+Steps to reproduce the problem:
+1. here is sample code :
+
+Label1.Text="before  "+GC.GetTotalMemory(true)/(1024*1024)+"MB<br>  ";
+			MemoryStream mm=new MemoryStream(40000000);
+			for(int i=0;i<40000000;i++)
+				mm.WriteByte(byte.MaxValue);
+			mm=null;
+			Label1.Text+="after "+GC.GetTotalMemory(false)/
+(1024*1024)+"MB <br>  ";
+			GC.Collect();
+			GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
+			Label1.Text+="after collect  "+GC.GetTotalMemory
+(false)/(1024*1024)+"MB  ";
+		
+
+2. Refresh this page several times.
+
+Actual Results:
+The amount of memory appears after the GC.Collect() never goes below 
+38MB, or even after waiting for few minuits.
+
+Expected Results:
+On Microsoft Runtime it is 1MB only.
+
+
+
+How often does this happen? 
+Always
+
+Additional Information: