[GitHub] [incubator-mxnet] anirudh2290 commented on a change in pull request #16328: Fix large array tests

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anirudh2290 commented on a change in pull request #16328: Fix large array tests
URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/16328#discussion_r334180996
 
 

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 File path: tests/python/unittest/common.py
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 @@ -272,6 +272,27 @@ def teardown():
     mx.nd.waitall()
 
 
+def with_post_test_cleanup():
+    """
+    Helper function that cleans up memory by releasing it from memory pool
+    Required especially by large tensor tests that have memory footprints in GBs.
+    """
+    def test_helper(orig_test):
+        @make_decorator(orig_test)
+        def test_new(*args, **kwargs):
+            logger = default_logger()
+            try:
+                orig_test(*args, **kwargs)
+            except:
+                logger.info(test_msg)
+                raise
+            finally:
+                mx.nd.waitall()
+                mx.cpu().empty_cache()
 
 Review comment:
   are the tests only for cpu context ?

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