cchat-gtk/madvdontneed.go

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// +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()
}
}()
}
}