DebugMemory - mwicat/personal GitHub Wiki

Allocate memory

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

enum
{
   MULTIPLICATOR = 1024 * 1024 // 1 MB
};


int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   void *reserve;
   unsigned int amount;

   if (argc < 2)
   {   
      fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s <megabytes>\n", argv[0]);
      return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }   

   amount = atoi(argv[1]);

   printf("About to reserve %ld MB (%ld Bytes) of RAM...\n", amount, amount * MULTIPLICATOR);

   reserve = calloc(amount * MULTIPLICATOR, 1);
   if (reserve == NULL)
   {   
      fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't allocate memory\n");
      return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }   

   printf("Allocated. Press any key to release the memory.\n");

   getchar();
   free(reserve);
   printf("Deallocated reserved memory\n");

   return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
from guppy import hpy
hp = hpy()
h = hp.heap()
print h
import objgraph
objs = objgraph.by_type('myclass')
objgraph.show_backrefs(objgraph.by_type('myclass')[0])
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