I have a infinite loop that drives my worker thread.
-(void) myThread
{
NSAutoreleasePool *pool=[[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
while(![myThread isCancelled])
{
[[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] runUntilDate:[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:600]];
}
[pool release];
}
but sometimes these threads are taking so much CPU(50-100%) and memory(1.5GB). when i sample the application in this state, i got following trace
453 +[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:]
309 -[__NSPlaceholderDate initWithTimeIntervalSinceReferenceDate:]
295 CFDateCreate
268 _CFRuntimeCreateInstance
115 malloc_zone_malloc
64 __spin_lock
64 __spin_lock
43 szone_malloc
22 tiny_malloc_from_free_list
22 tiny_malloc_from_free_list
19 szone_malloc
2 spin_unlock
2 spin_unlock
4 malloc_zone_malloc
3 dyld_stub__spin_unlock
3 dyld_stub__spin_unlock
1 dyld_stub__spin_lock
1 dyld_stub__spin_lock
99 __bzero
99 __bzero
29 malloc_size
23 szone_size
23 szone_size
6 malloc_size
13 CFAllocatorAllocate
13 CFAllocatorAllocate
12 _CFRuntimeCreateInstance
20 CFDateCreate
4 CFDateGetTypeID
4 CFDateGetTypeID
3 memset
3 memset
14 -[__NSPlaceholderDate initWithTimeIntervalSinceReferenceDate:]
60 CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrent
48 gettimeofday
38 __gettimeofday
21 __nanotime
21 __nanotime
17 __gettimeofday
10 gettimeofday
11 CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrent
1 __gettimeofday
1 __gettimeofday
47 +[NSObject alloc]
25 objc_msgSend
25 objc_msgSend
11 +[NSDate allocWithZone:]
8 +[NSObject self]
8 +[NSObject self]
3 +[NSDate allocWithZone:]
7 +[NSObject alloc]
2 +[__NSPlaceholderDate immutablePlaceholder]
2 +[__NSPlaceholderDate immutablePlaceholder]
2 dyld_stub_objc_msgSend
2 dyld_stub_objc_msgSend
24 +[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:]
7 objc_msgSend
7 objc_msgSend
4 CFMakeCollectable
4 CFMakeCollectable
1 dyld_stub_gettimeofday
1 dyld_stub_gettimeofday
1 dyld_stub_objc_msgSend
1 dyld_stub_objc_msgSend
354 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runUntilDate:]
307 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:]
153 _CFRunLoopFinished
125 __CFRunLoopFindMode
110 CFSetGetValue
85 __CFSetFindBuckets1b
36 __CFSetFindBuckets1b
17 CFEqual
9 __CFRunLoopModeEqual
7 CFEqual
7 CFEqual
2 __CFRunLoopModeEqual
8 CFEqual
16 __CFStringHash
16 __CFStringHash
12 _CFHash
12 _CFHash
3 CFHash
3 CFHash
1 __CFRunLoopModeHash
1 __CFRunLoopModeHash
24 CFSetGetValue
1 CFEqual
1 CFEqual
14 __CFRunLoopFindMode
1 _CFRuntimeSetInstanceTypeID
1 _CFRuntimeSetInstanceTypeID
12 _CFRunLoopFinished
9 __CFRunLoopModeIsEmpty
8 CFSetGetCount
8 CFSetGetCount
1 __CFRunLoopModeIsEmpty
6 __spin_lock
6 __spin_lock
1 spin_unlock
1 spin_unlock
82 -[NSCFString isEqual:]
23 -[NSCFString isEqual:]
22 objc_msgSend
22 objc_msgSend
17 CFStringGetLength
17 CFStringGetLength
9 CFStringGetCStringPtr
9 CFStringGetCStringPtr
6 NSClassFromObject
2 -[NSObject class]
2 -[NSObject class]
2 NSClassFromObject
2 object_getClass
2 object_getClass
3 object_getClass
3 object_getClass
1 dyld_stub_objc_msgSend
1 dyld_stub_objc_msgSend
1 dyld_stub_object_getClass
1 dyld_stub_object_getClass
37 _CFRunLoop0
16 _CFRunLoop0
12 CFDictionaryGetValue
10 __CFDictionaryFindBuckets1a
10 __CFDictionaryFindBuckets1a
2 CFDictionaryGetValue
8 pthread_main_np
8 pthread_main_np
1 spin_unlock
1 spin_unlock
12 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:]
11 __spin_lock
11 __spin_lock
6 dyld_stub_OSSpinLockUnlock
6 dyld_stub_OSSpinLockUnlock
3 CFRunLoopGetCurrent
3 CFRunLoopGetCurrent
1 dyld_stub_CFStringGetCStringPtr
1 dyld_stub_CFStringGetCStringPtr
1 dyld_stub_pthread_self
1 dyld_stub_pthread_self
1 spin_unlock
1 spin_unlock
25 -[__NSCFDate retain]
15 OSAtomicCompareAndSwapLongBarrier
8 __compare_and_swap32
8 __compare_and_swap32
7 OSAtomicCompareAndSwapLongBarrier
4 -[__NSCFDate retain]
4 _CFRetain
4 _CFRetain
1 CFRetain
1 CFRetain
1 __compare_and_swap32
1 __compare_and_swap32
14 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runUntilDate:]
7 objc_msgSend
7 objc_msgSend
1 dyld_stub__CFRunLoopFinished
1 dyld_stub__CFRunLoopFinished
51 objc_msgSend
51 objc_msgSend
39 -[NSObject(NSObject) autorelease]
28 __NSAutoreleaseObject
24 __NSAutoreleaseObject
4 _NSAPAddPage
2 _NSAPAddPage
2 malloc
2 malloc_zone_malloc
2 szone_malloc
2 small_malloc_from_free_list
1 small_free_list_add_ptr
1 small_free_list_add_ptr
1 small_malloc_from_free_list
8 NSAutoreleaseObject
7 NSAutoreleaseObject
1 objc_collecting_enabled
1 objc_collecting_enabled
1 -[NSObject(NSObject) autorelease]
1 dyld_stub_pthread_getspecific
1 dyld_stub_pthread_getspecific
1 pthread_getspecific
1 pthread_getspecific
19 +[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) currentRunLoop]
14 +[NSThread currentThread]
13 +[NSThread currentThread]
1 pthread_getspecific
1 pthread_getspecific
3 +[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) currentRunLoop]
1 dyld_stub_pthread_getspecific
1 dyld_stub_pthread_getspecific
1 pthread_getspecific
1 pthread_getspecific
14 -[NSThread _rl]
14 -[NSThread _rl]
13 -[MessageSendingModule startSender]
12 -[NSThread isCancelled]
12 -[NSThread isCancelled]
9 OSAtomicCompareAndSwapLongBarrier
5 OSAtomicCompareAndSwapLongBarrier
4 __compare_and_swap32
4 __compare_and_swap32
6 CFRelease
6 CFRelease
6 _CFRelease
6 _CFRelease
1 -[__NSCFDate release]
1 -[__NSCFDate release]
1 NSAutoreleaseObject
1 NSAutoreleaseObject
1 dyld_stub_objc_msgSend
1 dyld_stub_objc_msgSend
115 objc_msgSend
115 objc_msgSend
4 dyld_stub_objc_msgSend
4 dyld_stub_objc_msgSend
1 CFRelease
1 CFRelease
can anyone please help me out?
An empty runloop (a runloop without any input sources or timers) will immediately return from runUntilDate:.
If you want to keep the thread around and service it's runloop, you could just add a timer to the runloop.
Is there any reason you're not using libdispatch for your thread dispatching? This would avoid the troubles of managing the threads and runloop yourself.