// Flags: --expose_gc function newBuffer(size, value) { var buffer = new Buffer(size); while (size--) { buffer[size] = value; } //buffer[buffer.length-2]= 0x0d; buffer[buffer.length - 1] = 0x0a; return buffer; } var common = require('../common'); var fs = require('fs'); var testFileName = require('path').join(common.tmpDir, 'GH-814_testFile.txt'); var testFileFD = fs.openSync(testFileName, 'w'); console.log(testFileName); var kBufSize = 128 * 1024; var PASS = true; var neverWrittenBuffer = newBuffer(kBufSize, 0x2e); //0x2e === '.' var bufPool = []; var tail = require('child_process').spawn('tail', ['-f', testFileName]); tail.stdout.on('data', tailCB); function tailCB(data) { PASS = data.toString().indexOf('.') < 0; } var timeToQuit = Date.now() + 8e3; //Test during no more than this seconds. (function main() { if (PASS) { fs.write(testFileFD, newBuffer(kBufSize, 0x61), 0, kBufSize, -1, cb); gc(); var nuBuf = new Buffer(kBufSize); neverWrittenBuffer.copy(nuBuf); if (bufPool.push(nuBuf) > 100) { bufPool.length = 0; } } else { throw Error("Buffer GC'ed test -> FAIL"); } if (Date.now() < timeToQuit) { process.nextTick(main); } else { tail.kill(); console.log("Buffer GC'ed test -> PASS (OK)"); } })(); function cb(err, written) { if (err) { throw err; } }