Public bug reported: I let the system idle over night and the indicator-multiload process constantly consumed more memory (about 200 KiB/h). Biggest leak according to valgrind:
==16637== 11,080 bytes in 277 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 7,227 of 7,245 ==16637== at 0x4C2B6CD: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so) ==16637== by 0x6757BC8: g_malloc (gmem.c:159) ==16637== by 0x676A8B2: g_slice_alloc (gslice.c:1003) ==16637== by 0x67849F9: g_variant_alloc (gvariant-core.c:476) ==16637== by 0x6784B5C: g_variant_new_from_children (gvariant-core.c:562) ==16637== by 0x67821E5: g_variant_builder_end (gvariant.c:3573) ==16637== by 0x6786347: array_get_value (gvariant-parser.c:913) ==16637== by 0x67855C9: maybe_wrapper (gvariant-parser.c:843) ==16637== by 0x6788611: g_variant_parse (gvariant-parser.c:527) ==16637== by 0x74040C5: menuitem_property_idle (server.c:1019) ==16637== by 0x6751DD9: g_main_context_dispatch (gmain.c:2510) ==16637== by 0x675219F: g_main_context_iterate.isra.23 (gmain.c:3118) ==16637== by 0x6752263: g_main_context_iteration (gmain.c:3179) ==16637== by 0x5FEB993: g_application_run (gapplication.c:1496) ==16637== by 0x40C1CF: main_main (main.c:1203) ==16637== by 0x6C3D76C: (below main) (libc-start.c:226) ==16637== ==16637== LEAK SUMMARY: ==16637== definitely lost: 11,225 bytes in 281 blocks ==16637== indirectly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==16637== possibly lost: 60,704 bytes in 897 blocks ==16637== still reachable: 1,369,295 bytes in 20,094 blocks ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: indicator-multiload 0.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Mar 16 10:52:57 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110901) SourcePackage: indicator-multiload UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: indicator-multiload (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/956810 Title: Small memory leak (~200 KiB/h) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-multiload/+bug/956810/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs