i can definitely make it stop consuming more ram by stopping the upstart-event-bridge session job. this works on both devices. the ram does not get freed but the consumption does not keep rising either anymore then.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1235649 Title: session upstart leaks massive amounts of memory on Ubuntu Touch Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “linux” source package in Saucy: Confirmed Status in “upstart” source package in Saucy: Confirmed Bug description: using ubuntu touch image 82 i see the session init consume about 10MB per minute as long as the screen is on with Mir. running the same session with surfaceflinger only consumes 1MB per minute. in both cases the system starts to swap heavily at some point, making the UI unresponsive. http://paste.ubuntu.com/6196223/ has the top output of a Mir session after 30min, the UI just got completely unresponsive when this snapshot was taken. http://paste.ubuntu.com/6196332/ is the top output of a surfaceflinger session where the screen was off for about 10min apparently the leak only occurs while the screen is on, it seems to be permanently there but in the case of surfaceflinger it hits less hard. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1235649/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
