If you're sure that your program never stops growing, then you can modify it so it runs document processing in a tight loop, over the same or different documents, and see if memory usage becomes more aggressive. If yes, you can use Devel::Size if you suspect particular structures, or in general, comment parts of your program until it stops leaking. If we're talking about "finding exactly", this is the only sure method I know, that allows to narrow most of memory leaks ( in finite time :)

I don't think the leaks can be attributed to Perl, unless your program indeed creates circular references, but then it is the program logic that has to be fixed. More probably there's a 3rd party module that is leaking, in which case you'll locate it by reducing your program more and more until all you have is several lines of code, a reproducible showcase. You might want to send it further to developers (and find out that the bug was fixed several versions back, can happen too :) Therefore, before even you begin the hunt, try installing all the latest modules and see if the problem persists.

Good luck!

In reply to Re: memory (leaks and management) by dk
in thread memory (leaks and management) by soliplaya

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