It might have been fixed in a series of changes made in mutter (future version) 3.26.3. It's just unusual and unexpected that Gnome has not done a release for months, so we have not yet tried those fixes. Instead, it looks like we will jump to 3.28 now, soon. So if bionic goes well with 3.28 then we will seriously consider backporting the leak fixes to artful.
This is also one of those bugs that could be subjective. A fix that works for one person might not work for the next. So I guess in order to make sure everyone is on the same page, please ensure you have not installed any Gnome Shell extensions beyond the default Ubuntu ones. Because we don't want to get caught up debugging a gnome-shell extension that most people don't use. P.S. I stopped working on this bug because I stopped being able to reproduce it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1672297 Title: gnome-shell uses lots of memory, and grows over time Status in GNOME Shell: Unknown Status in Mutter: Fix Released Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in mutter package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1672297/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net 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