// +build linux package main import ( "log" "os" "os/exec" "runtime/debug" "strings" "syscall" "time" ) // Inject madvdontneed=1 as soon as possible. var _ = func() struct{} { // If GODEBUG is not empty, then use that instead of trying to exec our own. if os.Getenv("GODEBUG") != "" { return struct{}{} } // Do magic. var environ = append(os.Environ(), "GODEBUG=madvdontneed=1") log.Println("execve(2)ing with madvdontneed=1 for aggressive GC.") path, err := exec.LookPath(os.Args[0]) if err != nil { return struct{}{} } if err := syscall.Exec(path, os.Args, environ); err != nil { log.Println("Error while executing:", err) log.Println("Starting up without madvdontneed=1...") return struct{}{} } os.Exit(0) return struct{}{} }() func init() { // Aggressive memory freeing you asked, so aggressive memory freeing we will // deliver. if strings.Contains(os.Getenv("GODEBUG"), "madvdontneed=1") { go func() { log.Println("Now attempting to free memory every 5s... (madvdontneed=1)") for range time.Tick(5 * time.Second) { debug.FreeOSMemory() } }() } }