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use time.NewTimer() to avoid possible memory leaks #13800

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@bnovil bnovil commented Mar 26, 2024

What type of PR is this?

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Bug fix

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Using time.After() in a loop may cause possible memory leaks. As Golang code comment says, Timer is not recovered until fires. In a loop, too many timers may be created and are not garbage collected.

// After waits for the duration to elapse and then sends the current time
// on the returned channel.
// It is equivalent to NewTimer(d).C.
// The underlying Timer is not recovered by the garbage collector
// until the timer fires. If efficiency is a concern, use NewTimer
// instead and call Timer.Stop if the timer is no longer needed.
func After(d Duration) <-chan Time {
	return NewTimer(d).C
}

So this PR is fixing possible memory leaks by using time.NewTimer() and Reset()

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Thank you!

@prestonvanloon prestonvanloon added this pull request to the merge queue May 8, 2024
Merged via the queue into prysmaticlabs:develop with commit 41edee9 May 8, 2024
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ErnestK pushed a commit to ErnestK/prysm that referenced this pull request May 19, 2024
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