[Bug 1672297] Re: gnome-shell uses lots of memory, and grows over time
Daniel van Vugt
daniel.van.vugt at canonical.com
Wed Apr 18 13:03:10 UTC 2018
Yes, we know that is only one of the leak fixes. The other fixes
(upstream, not reviewed yet) are less mature and have not been included
in the Ubuntu patch.
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Title:
gnome-shell uses lots of memory, and grows over time
Status in GNOME Shell:
Confirmed
Status in gjs package in Ubuntu:
In Progress
Status in gjs source package in Bionic:
In Progress
Bug description:
Upstream:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/64
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gnome-shell's RSS is growing by 1 MiB every few minutes, and is now at
almost 2 GiB.
user 3039 1.8 16.1 4302340 1968476 tty2 Sl+ Mar09 120:17
/usr/bin/gnome-shell
strace output is voluminous; here is a representative sample:
poll([{fd=5, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=5, revents=POLLOUT}])
writev(5, [{"\231\n\10\0\n\0 \0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 32}], 1) = 32
poll([{fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=5, revents=POLLIN}])
recvmsg(5, {msg_name(0)=NULL, msg_iov(1)=[{"\1\0{\224\0\0\0\0H\0\0\0\0\23\266\32\0\0\0\0\201\242\204\0\0\0\0\0\261.\0\0", 4096}], msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 32
recvmsg(5, 0x7fff60efac90, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
recvmsg(5, 0x7fff60efac90, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=5, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=5, revents=POLLOUT}])
writev(5, [{"\212\5\4\0a\2228\0y\3\5\0%\3\27\4\231\6\5\0\n\0 \0a\2228\0\0\0\0\0"..., 36}, {NULL, 0}, {"", 0}], 3) = 36
poll([{fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=5, revents=POLLIN}])
recvmsg(5, {msg_name(0)=NULL, msg_iov(1)=[{"\1\0}\224\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 4096}], msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 32
recvmsg(5, 0x7fff60efac90, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=5, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=5, revents=POLLOUT}])
writev(5, [{"\212\n\2\0a\2228\0", 8}, {NULL, 0}, {"", 0}], 3) = 8
recvmsg(5, 0x7fff60efb020, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
recvmsg(12, 0x7fff60efb000, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN}, {fd=26, events=POLLIN}, {fd=29, events=POLLIN}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN}, {fd=34, events=POLLIN}, {fd=37, events=POLLIN}, {fd=38, events=POLLIN}, {fd=40, events=POLLIN}, {fd=42, events=POLLIN}, {fd=43, events=POLLIN}], 15, 0) = 0 (Timeout)
recvmsg(5, 0x7fff60efb040, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
recvmsg(5, 0x7fff60efb020, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
recvmsg(12, 0x7fff60efb000, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN}, {fd=26, events=POLLIN}, {fd=29, events=POLLIN}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN}, {fd=34, events=POLLIN}, {fd=37, events=POLLIN}, {fd=38, events=POLLIN}, {fd=40, events=POLLIN}, {fd=42, events=POLLIN}, {fd=43, events=POLLIN}], 15, 0) = 0 (Timeout)
recvmsg(5, 0x7fff60efb040, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
open("/proc/self/stat", O_RDONLY) = 36
fstat(36, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
fcntl(36, F_GETFL) = 0x8000 (flags O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE)
fstat(36, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
read(36, "3039 (gnome-shell) R 2930 2917 2"..., 4096) = 354
read(36, "", 3072) = 0
close(36) = 0
recvmsg(5, 0x7fff60efb020, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
recvmsg(12, 0x7fff60efb000, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN}, {fd=26, events=POLLIN}, {fd=29, events=POLLIN}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN}, {fd=34, events=POLLIN}, {fd=37, events=POLLIN}, {fd=38, events=POLLIN}, {fd=40, events=POLLIN}, {fd=42, events=POLLIN}, {fd=43, events=POLLIN}], 15, 117885) = 1 ([{fd=4, revents=POLLIN}])
read(4, "\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 16) = 8
recvmsg(5, 0x7fff60efb040, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
recvmsg(5, 0x7fff60efb020, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
recvmsg(12, {msg_name(0)=NULL, msg_iov(1)=[{"[\2\327&h\0@\0i\0@\0(nu\22\n\0I\0\336\2\232\1\265\0038\2\362\2\355\1", 4096}], msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 32
recvmsg(12, 0x7fff60efb000, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN}, {fd=26, events=POLLIN}, {fd=29, events=POLLIN}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN}, {fd=34, events=POLLIN}, {fd=37, events=POLLIN}, {fd=38, events=POLLIN}, {fd=40, events=POLLIN}, {fd=42, events=POLLIN}, {fd=43, events=POLLIN}], 15, 0) = 0 (Timeout)
recvmsg(5, 0x7fff60efb040, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
write(4, "\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 8) = 8
recvmsg(12, 0x7fff60efaed0, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
recvmsg(5, 0x7fff60efb020, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
recvmsg(12, 0x7fff60efb000, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN}, {fd=26, events=POLLIN}, {fd=29, events=POLLIN}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN}, {fd=34, events=POLLIN}, {fd=37, events=POLLIN}, {fd=38, events=POLLIN}, {fd=40, events=POLLIN}, {fd=42, events=POLLIN}, {fd=43, events=POLLIN}], 15, 0) = 1 ([{fd=4, revents=POLLIN}])
read(4, "\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 16) = 8
recvmsg(5, 0x7fff60efb040, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
open("/proc/self/stat", O_RDONLY) = 36
fstat(36, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
fcntl(36, F_GETFL) = 0x8000 (flags O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE)
fstat(36, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
read(36, "3039 (gnome-shell) R 2930 2917 2"..., 4096) = 354
read(36, "", 3072) = 0
close(36) = 0
recvmsg(5, 0x7fff60efb020, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
recvmsg(12, 0x7fff60efb000, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN}, {fd=11, events=POLLIN}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN}, {fd=16, events=POLLIN}, {fd=26, events=POLLIN}, {fd=29, events=POLLIN}, {fd=32, events=POLLIN}, {fd=34, events=POLLIN}, {fd=37, events=POLLIN}, {fd=38, events=POLLIN}, {fd=40, events=POLLIN}, {fd=42, events=POLLIN}, {fd=43, events=POLLIN}], 15, 1) = 0 (Timeout)
recvmsg(5, 0x7fff60efb040, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=12, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=12, revents=POLLOUT}])
writev(12, [{"\217\3\4\0i\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0+\0\1\0", 20}, {NULL, 0}, {"", 0}], 3) = 20
poll([{fd=12, events=POLLIN}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=12, revents=POLLIN}])
recvmsg(12, {msg_name(0)=NULL, msg_iov(1)=[{"\1\2\331&\0\0\0\0\250\0`\2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 4096}], msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 32
recvmsg(12, 0x7fff60efaf60, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
recvmsg(12, 0x7fff60efaf60, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
ioctl(6, DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_MADVISE, 0x7fff60efa960) = 0
ioctl(6, DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_BUSY, 0x7fff60efa910) = 0
ioctl(6, DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_MADVISE, 0x7fff60efa900) = 0
ioctl(6, DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_PWRITE, 0x7fff60efa9b0) = 0
ioctl(6, DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_BUSY, 0x7fff60efac50) = 0
ioctl(6, DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_SET_DOMAIN, 0x7fff60efaba0) = 0
ioctl(6, DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_SW_FINISH, 0x7fff60efad30) = 0
ioctl(6, DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_SW_FINISH, 0x7fff60efae30) = 0
ioctl(6, _IOC(_IOC_READ|_IOC_WRITE, 0x64, 0x69, 0x40), 0x7fff60efadb0) = 0
ioctl(6, DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_SET_DOMAIN, 0x7fff60efae30) = 0
ioctl(6, DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_MADVISE, 0x7fff60efadb0) = 0
ioctl(6, DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_BUSY, 0x7fff60efad80) = 0
ioctl(6, DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_MADVISE, 0x7fff60efad70) = 0
ioctl(6, DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_SET_DOMAIN, 0x7fff60efad90) = 0
ioctl(6, DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_SET_DOMAIN, 0x7fff60efae90) = 0
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.23.91-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-11.13-generic 4.10.1
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Mar 13 19:17:51 2017
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-12-02 (100 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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