google::protobuf::message not getting deallocated

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Gaurav sahil

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Mar 11, 2020, 6:21:46 AM3/11/20

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Google Protocol Buffer Version - 3.5.x

Usage - Sharing the serialised data between different processes

Issue - A google::protobuf::message is serialsed with dynamic allocation using message::New() and after serialisation it is deleted using message::Clear(). This function is not reducing the memory usage of the process.

From the link "https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/reference/cpp/google.protobuf.common", its found that the memory allocated is taken as static data and it will be cleared using shutdownprotobuflibrary() while the process is getting terminated.But we have a requirement where in we cant terminate our process.