Re: [Gimp-developer] Is there any way to free Gimp memory and avoid restarting it?

[Diogo Piçarra <xpetept gmail com>]

I think you should open a bug report:
https://www.gimp.org/bugs/

Robert Krawitz <rlk alum mit edu> escreveu no dia quarta, 6/02/2019 à(s) 13:34:
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 11:14:21 +0200, Ofnuts wrote:
> > On 2/5/19 5:35 PM, jEsuSdA 8) wrote:
> > > El 2/2/19 a las 9:58, Ofnuts escribió:
> > > > The fact that the memory isn't marked free doesn't mean it is
> > > > unusable. Tried in Gimp 2.10 on Ubuntu:
> > > >
> > > > - load 5 20MPx Jpegs: memory is 1.35GB
> > > >
> > > > - close all: memory still at 1.35GB
> > > >
> > > > - load them again: memory is 1.4GB
> > > >
> > > > - close all: memory still at 1.4GB
> > > >
> > > > - load them again: memory is 1.4GB
> > > >
> > > > - close all: memory still at 1.4GB
> > > >
> > > > So the memory seems reused...
> > >
> > > I was thinking about your tests and the values seems to be a bit
> > > strange: I mean, I you load 5 images and Gimp takes 1.35GB Memory, why
> > > when you close all the images gimp still taking 1.35GB instead of less
> > > than?
> > >
> > > In the same way, if you load again the same images, why Gimp consumes
> > > more memory and its memory consumption rises from 1.35 to 1.40... and,
> > > again, when the images are closed the memory does not get back to a
> > > lower value.
> > >
> > > I think this values can corroborate my theory about Gimp lack of
> > > memory release I suffer and which is absolutely needed when working in
> > > professional environments.
> > >
> > > Why Gimp does not free the memory?
> > > Any idea?
> >
> > If memory was truly leaked,  I would have seen 1.35, 2.7,
> > 4.05... Since there is no significant memory increase, we can assume
> > that this memory is reused. For the rest, see Øyvind's answer.
>
> It's possible that some memory was leaked, just not all of it.
> --
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