pytorch / pytorch/rl

[BUG] Increasing GPU memory

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Since Jan 14, 2023.

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Description

Describe the bug

The GPU memory keeps increasing if we do not explicitly collect the generation using gc.collect

To Reproduce

Example is here

Reason and Possible fixes

This happens due to mujoco rendering using GPU. Can we handle this internally in torchRL?

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