Possible memory leak

[qwertyforce]

const imghash = require('imghash');
const axios = require('axios');
function log_mem() {
    const used = process.memoryUsage();
    for (let key in used) {
        console.log(`${key} ${Math.round(used[key] / 1024 / 1024 * 100) / 100} MB`);
    }
}
async function get_phash(url){
    let pic = await axios.get(url,{responseType: 'arraybuffer'})
    const phash = await imghash.hash(pic.data, 16)
    return phash
}
const urls=["https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Pizigani_1367_Chart_10MB.jpg","https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Clocktower_Panorama_20080622_20mb.jpg"]
async function run(){
    const x = await get_phash(urls[0])
    console.log(x)
    const x2 = await get_phash(urls[1])
    console.log(x2)
}
setInterval(function() {
    console.log("timer that keeps nodejs processing running");
    console.log("======================================")
    console.log("before gc")
    log_mem()
    gc()
    console.log("======================================")
    console.log("after gc")
    log_mem()
    console.log("======================================")
}, 1000 * 10);

run()

1f601ef03ef03ee01ee03fe03fc07ec03e003fc07fe07fc07fc07fc07fc03e00
timer that keeps nodejs processing running
======================================
before gc
rss 623.58 MB
heapTotal 6.96 MB
heapUsed 5.73 MB
external 586.12 MB
arrayBuffers 297.17 MB
======================================
after gc
rss 608.74 MB
heapTotal 7.21 MB
heapUsed 4.85 MB
external 586.12 MB
arrayBuffers 19.8 MB
======================================
f801f801f827fc2ff81ffc37fc037000fbd8a1ea01e203fcb3fc03e007f03be4
timer that keeps nodejs processing running
======================================
before gc
rss 570.23 MB
heapTotal 7.21 MB
heapUsed 5.03 MB
external 517.87 MB
arrayBuffers 228.92 MB
======================================
after gc
rss 541.74 MB
heapTotal 7.21 MB
heapUsed 4.69 MB
external 517.87 MB
arrayBuffers 15.4 MB
======================================
timer that keeps nodejs processing running
======================================
before gc
rss 338.11 MB
heapTotal 6.21 MB
heapUsed 4.68 MB
external 288.98 MB
arrayBuffers 0.03 MB
======================================
after gc
rss 338.12 MB
heapTotal 6.21 MB
heapUsed 4.53 MB
external 288.98 MB
arrayBuffers 0.03 MB
======================================
timer that keeps nodejs processing running
======================================
before gc
rss 338.12 MB
heapTotal 6.21 MB
heapUsed 4.63 MB
external 288.98 MB
arrayBuffers 0.03 MB
======================================
after gc
rss 338.1 MB
heapTotal 6.21 MB
heapUsed 4.52 MB
external 288.98 MB
arrayBuffers 0.03 MB
======================================

external memory is never freed

[pwlmaciejewski]

After a quick investigation, it looks like an issue with imageFromBuffer from https://github.com/node-gfx/image.
I need to dig deeper tho.
\cc @LinusU

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