https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/memory-profiling/ Recent content in Memory-Profiling on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-02-linux-memory-profiling-memray-heaptrack-massif-gperftools/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-02-linux-memory-profiling-memray-heaptrack-massif-gperftools/ <h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>Memory leaks and excessive heap allocations are among the most common causes of server performance degradation. A production service that slowly consumes memory until OOM-killed, or a container that keeps restarting due to memory pressure — these problems require the right profiling tools to diagnose and fix. On Linux, several powerful open-source memory profilers help identify exactly where memory is being allocated, how long objects live, and where leaks originate.</p>