#!/usr/bin/env python # Contributed by Stein Magnus Jodal from __future__ import print_function import resource import time import alsaaudio seconds = 0 max_rss = 0 device = alsaaudio.PCM() while True: device.write(b'\x00' * 44100) time.sleep(1) seconds += 1 if seconds % 10 == 0: prev_rss = max_rss max_rss = resource.getrusage(resource.RUSAGE_SELF).ru_maxrss diff_rss = max_rss - prev_rss print('After %ds: max RSS %d kB, increased %d kB' % ( seconds, max_rss, diff_rss))