Bug Reproducible memory leak in Graphics and Graphic Device pool when instantiating an entity

Please see the code here to reproduce this issue: https://github.com/JeremyFrederick/EntityGraphicsBug

The code calls GetEntity in a baker to save an entity that is not in the original scene. When that entity is instantiated, the Graphics and Graphic Device pool grows exponentially and eventually crashes. This can be reproduced in the code in the repository that is linked.

 

@jrf407 what's the crash / stack trace you get with this? You absolutely rock! I'll have to run this for a while.

@richardkettlewell this could be be (or be related to) the elusive but annoying crash or memory leak I've been seeing in 2022.2.10f1 and earlier with ECS.

The runtime memory leak didn't have any entity instantiating going on, but it happening during baking could be relateing to what causes the other crashes.

Possibly related cases:
https://unity3d.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/2/IN-35737
https://unity3d.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/2/IN-34770
https://unity3d.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/2/IN-34365
https://unity3d.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/2/IN-34398
https://unity3d.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/2/IN-35830

Edit: I can reproduce the erratic behaviour in 2022.2.10f1 I've been able to use as little as 95 MB with the "bug", most frequent is something in the 1-2 GB range, sometimes 10 GB in one go, and in my subsequent post I show a way to "re-prime" it, which then leads to cumulative leakage.

I can totally see this crashing quite often with more than 1 subscene, which is what keeps happening to me.

Edit2: Yeah this will occasionally consume all available memory over time in a normal editor or play mode usage pattern, confirmed.

(profiler screenshot of an example run of Jeremy's project showing 6.9 GB of graphics driver memory used; regular case is around 1 to 2 GB, I can get it to as little as 95 MB in some runs, all other things the same, and the upper bound is likely infinite until crash)

 

By unloading and reloading (or just reimporting) the subscene during Play Mode, you can "prime" the bug again, and pressing "1" on the keyboard has a likelihood of consuming another chunk of memory, and I'll cumulatively try to get it to crash so I can compare stack traces.

HOWEVER; this bug also "re-primes" itself if the EditorApplication loses focus, and then more memory gets gobbled up with a certain chance after the next time it becomes active (just focus is enough, no need to minimize). It also "spirals" after focus regained sometimes (may need to press "1")

This was exactly what I was observing and why I reported so many crashes related to, but not exclusively connected to, coming back to the Editor from Rider or a Web Browser or other app, suspecting it had something to do with Compilation (but some crashes just happened without me doing anything)



Edit: yes, this is the bug that has been haunting me for most of March, I was already thinking I was imagining things because I had only a sporadic repro, and only in ECS projects.



I'm so grateful for this repro, thank you so much!

 

I got the same problem in Unity 2022.2.11 and 2022.2.12.
Entities: 1.0.0 pre.47
Entity Graphics: 1.0.0 pre.44
The Memory use raised up as soon as I spawn entities in Android device and finally cause a crash.

 

Maaan, I've been going crazy over a memory leak since upgrading my project from Unity 2021 and Entities 0.51 to 2022 and 1.0, glad it seems I'm not insane - for me it doesn't matter if I disable the subscene with the prefab authoring or if I'm in editor or build, Unity will just keep piling memory untill it explodes.

 

I tested.
This problem still exist in Entities 1.0.0 pre.65

 

We tried the first one and it worked.