Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gvfs
Whenever a CD is placed in the CD tray, gvfsd leaks memory (and if left
for long enough would eventually use up all the system's memory) and
causes dbus-daemon to use 100% CPU until the CD is removed. When the CD
is removed, it stops leaking memory, but does not free any memory that
was used.
I first noticed this when I tried to see if Age of Empires 2 would run
in WINE, and I noticed that gvfsd was leaking memory and dbus-daemon was
using 100% CPU. I found that when I removed the CD, the memory stopped
going up and gvfsd was no longer messing with dbus anymore.
I tried this again later with a CD that contained only a single wave
file (to make sure that the previous CD didn't do something stupid like
have a hard link to a parent directory somehow), but the same thing
happened: gvfsd leaked memory so long as the CD was in, and it made
dbus-daemon use 100% CPU.
I haven't yet tested to see if this happens with a blank CD, but it
seems to happen for everything else. I'm running Karmic on an HP
Pavillion dv7. I have no such problem on Windows, so it can't be purely
a hardware problem.
It also doesn't matter if the CD is in the computer on startup or if you
insert a CD after logging in. Either way, it leaks memory like crazy.
You don't need to be viewing files or reading or writing for this memory
leak. All you need is to have a CD in the CD drive.
** Affects: gvfs (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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gvfsd leaks memory whenever there is a CD is the cd drive
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/543691
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