clear MEX not unloading DLLs in 2016b

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Andrew Cunningham
评论： Andrew Cunningham 2018-8-7
Neither "clear all" or "clear mex" is unloading MEX DLLs. I can verify this by attaching to Matlab in the Visual C++ debugger and looking for DLL "unloading/loading" happening.
This has been asked before, with the following "answer" https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/100577-why-am-i-unable-to-delete-mex-functions-from-memory-using-the-clear-mex-command
It is unclear in this answer what is mean by memory leaks preventing MEX unloading? A MEX function , might have ,for example, have static C++ objects that allocate memory. That will only be de-allocated when the DLL is unloaded.
I remember in a previous version of Matlab , "clear MEX" would force all MEX DLL's to be unloaded.
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James Tursa
James Tursa 2018-8-1
Is this only a specific mex dll that you are having problems with?
Andrew Cunningham
Andrew Cunningham 2018-8-1
编辑：Andrew Cunningham 2018-8-1
These are our custom MEX DLLs that are a thin layer over other application specific DLLs. I am just trying to understand the restrictions/rules on unloading. Way back in Matlab 2007b, "clear mex" would definitely unload the DLLs. Now it doesn't.

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Philip Borghesani
编辑：Philip Borghesani 2018-8-2
Clear mex and clear all should still unload mex files that are not in use or locked (see mexLock ). The referenced answer is a bit vague, classic memory leaks will not prevent a mex file from unloading but some resource leaks might.
It is possible for back references or other OS activity to keep a mex file loaded even if MATLAB has attempted to unload it. Sometimes the OS or an antivirus will keep a dll locked for a period of time after MATLAB unloads it.
Check using inmem to see if MATLAB still has it locked. Process Explore (procexp.exe) can find if other applications have a dll locked.
You can also try using m mexAtExit to register an exit function that MATLAB will call before it releases it's last reference to a mex file. If clearing causes your exit function to be hit but the mex file is not unloaded then some other activity is keeping it loaded.
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Philip Borghesani
Philip Borghesani 2018-8-7
编辑：Philip Borghesani 2018-8-7
I think you missed somthing in the source code. The function stores the count in a matlab global and restores the count from there if cleared. See the if statement after the comment /* Check status of MATLAB and MEX-file MEX-file counter */. Use whos global to see the global and clear all, (or classes or globals) to clear the global.
> mexgetarray
mexgetarray has been called 1 time(s)
>> mexgetarray
mexgetarray has been called 2 time(s)
>> clear classes % clears mex and globals
>> mexgetarray
mexgetarray has been called 1 time(s)
Andrew Cunningham
Andrew Cunningham 2018-8-7
Yup, you are right. I missed that one.If I create another counter local to that routine, it does get reset to 0. So it seems simple mex files do get unloaded. But my more complex ones with dependent DLL's do not so that remains a mystery.

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