Fez Spider - How to read memory usage at runtime, HTTPS memory leak

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I know that we can monitor the memory usage when debugging by using Debug.GC(). But is there a way the program itself can check how much memory is left, and act accordingly?

The reason for this is because the HTTPS calls in my program is leaking memory, and I want it to reboot whenever the amount of memory left dropped below a certain threshold.

Btw, is there any workaround to the memory leak (https://netmf.codeplex.com/workitem/2005), of EMX package 4.2 (https://www.ghielectronics.com/support/netmf/sdk/8/netmf-and-gadgeteer-package-2013-r3), because rebooting is really just an awkward temporary fix.

Thanks for all your help in advance !

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Didn’t know the first link would be hidden.

The HTTPS memory leak is listed under the known issues on the package webpage, with description “There is a memory leak when using SSL. This affects HTTPs classes that wrap SslStream. See https://netmf.codeplex.com/workitem/2005 for more information.”

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If all you are interested in is the currently available memory, then Debug.GC(false) can be used, it is not limited to while debugging the application.

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@ taylorza -

Thanks for your reply!

I understand that Debug.GC() works whether it’s debugging or not, but how could the program read from Debug.GC() to know that it’s already at a low memory level? because I assume that Debug.GC() is just printing the data out.

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@ lty20785 - Debug.GC() is a function and returns the amount of memory available so you could probably do something like the following


if (Debug.GC(false) < someThreshold)
{
    ...
}
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Debug.GC has a return value.
It returns the free memory.
But keep in mind that the largest block of memory (in a single array) is about 76kByte.
Also if it returns, lets say1 MByte, you still might fail to allocate 5kByte (just an example) because of fragmentation.

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The largest single allocation is 760KB, unless you use LargeBuffer class.

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@ taylorza -

I really should’ve read the documentation more carefully… as I thought Debug.GC returns void.

Thanks again for your help !

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@ Reinhard Ostermeier -

Thank you for the friendly reminders! I’ll certainly keep them in mind when checking the memory.

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@ lty20785 - It is a pleasure, and the good thing is now you links are showing… Welcome to the community and happy new year.

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@ taylorza - thank you for the correction.
@ lty20785 - you’re welcome- have fun

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@ taylorza -

Yeah… I’ve now got enough exp points for my links to show.

Happy new year too and all the best for you in 2014!

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@ Reinhard Ostermeier - No problem, I keep forgetting the number my self, I just coincidentally been doing something with LargeBuffer recently so it is fresh in my memory.

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@ Reinhard Ostermeier -

I’ll try to have fun but the memory leak is just :wall:

Anyways, happy new year and all the best for you in 2014!