cp-mem-growth.js

var dgram = require('dgram');
var fork = require('child_process').fork;
var PORT = 7845;
var ITER = 1e4;
var MS = 100;
var SHUTDOWN = 1000 * 60;
var cntr = 0;


if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
  var server;

  process.on('message', function removeMe(msg, clusterServer) {
    if (clusterServer)
      clusterServer.close();

    if (msg === 'stop')
      process.removeListener('message', removeMe);
  });

  return;
}

var server = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
var child = fork(__filename, ['child']);

var msg = new Buffer('Some bytes');

server.on('listening', function () {
  setInterval(function() {
    for (var i = 0; i < ITER; i++) {
      child.send('server', server);
      cntr++;
    }
  }, MS);

  setTimeout(shutdown, SHUTDOWN);
});

var shutdown = function () {
  child.send('stop');
  process.exit();
};

server.bind(PORT, '127.0.0.1');

process.on('exit', function() {
  console.log('cntr: ' + cntr);
});