** Tags added: rjs-jj-incoming ** Tags removed: rjs-jj-incoming ** Tags added: rls-jj-incoming
** Description changed: [Impact] gnome-shell's memory usage grows by tens of megabytes with every screenshot. A few screenshots make it 100MB larger and a few dozen screenshots make it 1GB larger. [Test Plan] + + THIS NEEDS CHANGING TO VERIFY THE GNOME-SHELL FIX 1. Log into gnome-shell. 2. Measure its real memory usage: grep RSS /proc/`pidof gnome-shell`/status 3. Take 20 full screen screenshots by pressing PrtScn each time. No need to save them anywhere. 4. Measure the memory usage again. Expected: Memory usage grows a little but growth does not exceed a few hundred megabytes. It should level off after a while and sometimes even shrink due to garbage collection. Observed: Memory usage grows without bounds, easily exceeding 1GB after about 20 screenshots (depending on screen resolution). It never shrinks significantly. [Where problems could occur] Since the fix affects GJS, problems could occur in any part of gnome- shell. [Other Info] This leak requires multiple fixes to minimize the memory usage. For the moment we are only aiming to fix the main GJS portion of the bug that allows memory usage to exceed 1GB. ** Description changed: [Impact] gnome-shell's memory usage grows by tens of megabytes with every screenshot. A few screenshots make it 100MB larger and a few dozen screenshots make it 1GB larger. - [Test Plan] + [Test Plan for GNOME Shell Fix] - THIS NEEDS CHANGING TO VERIFY THE GNOME-SHELL FIX + TODO + + [Test Plan for GJS Fix] 1. Log into gnome-shell. 2. Measure its real memory usage: grep RSS /proc/`pidof gnome-shell`/status 3. Take 20 full screen screenshots by pressing PrtScn each time. No need to save them anywhere. 4. Measure the memory usage again. Expected: Memory usage grows a little but growth does not exceed a few hundred megabytes. It should level off after a while and sometimes even shrink due to garbage collection. Observed: Memory usage grows without bounds, easily exceeding 1GB after about 20 screenshots (depending on screen resolution). It never shrinks significantly. [Where problems could occur] Since the fix affects GJS, problems could occur in any part of gnome- shell. [Other Info] This leak requires multiple fixes to minimize the memory usage. For the moment we are only aiming to fix the main GJS portion of the bug that allows memory usage to exceed 1GB. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1973638 Title: gnome-shell 42 leaks tens of megabytes with every screenshot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1973638/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
