Memory leaks with matrix multiplication over GF(2)

asked 2018-09-26 11:18:13 +0200

agrospel
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updated 2024-04-14 16:00:31 +0200

FrédéricC

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Hello everyone,

I have memory leaks when I run this program:

#### Memory leaks with sage 8.3 and sage 8.1 !!!
n = 8
X = zero_vector(GF(2), n)
M = zero_matrix(GF(2), n, n)

for _ in range(10000000):
    Y = M * X

I use debian buster and sage-8.3-Debian_GNU_Linux_9-x86_64.

Is there something I'm doing wrong?

Thanks !

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answered 2018-09-26 13:32:17 +0200

nbruin
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That code shouldn't leak, but I confirm that it does. That's a bug! please file a ticket.

(the leak is not on the python heap; I checked that. It's probably a malloc/free mismatch somewhere in a C library). Also, when I change GF(2) to GF(3), no leak seems to occur. Matrices over GF(2) indeed have their own implementation.