#13288: Resident set size exceeds +RTS -M limit with large nurseries -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: j6carey | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Runtime | Version: 8.0.2 System | Keywords: | Operating System: Linux Architecture: x86_64 | Type of failure: Runtime (amd64) | performance bug Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- We observed high resident set size well in excess of the `+RTS -M` limit in a long-running, high data-volume Haskell application that Awake Networks is deploying on a network appliance. We think that the current `GC.c` code has two bugs that, at least in combination with each other, become significant when high `+RTS -N` and very high `+RTS -A` values are used. 1. As we approach the `-M` limit, the computation of the new size for generation 1 appears to be based on an incorrect figure for the total size of the nursery. The `-A` value is used instead of the product of that value with `-N`. This problem could lead to the total heap size exceeding the `-M` limit. 2. Memory allocated from the operating system is freed only if the RTS thinks that it would not be reallocated soon. The estimate for what will be needed soon is based on fewer inputs than the actual resizing logic, and in particular it is not affected by `-M`. Thus it might keep free mblocks in excess of the `-M` limit, based on an expected heap growth that would be forbidden by `-M`. We are preparing a patch to address these issues; it will point out the particular lines of code. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13288 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler