[Bug 1850201] Re: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen
cmpilato, To avoid confusing symptoms between various peoples' machines please open your own bug by running: ubuntu-bug gnome-shell ** Information type changed from Public to Private -- 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/1850201 Title: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1850201/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1850201] Re: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen
I meant to say, "I have *no* extensions installed that don't..." -- 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/1850201 Title: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1850201/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1850201] Re: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen
I'm also seeing a steady growth in gnome-shell's memory usage over time. I have extensions installed that don't appear to be required by Ubuntu 20.04 (meaning if I try to 'apt remove' them, apt wants to remove 'ubuntu-deskop', too). Here's the listing of my relevant extensions directories: $ ls -l /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ total 12 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 27 09:35 'desktop-icons@csoriano'/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 27 09:28 'ubuntu-appindicat...@ubuntu.com'/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 27 09:31 'ubuntu-d...@ubuntu.com'/ $ ls -l ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ total 0 $ Over time I find that gnome-shell's reported memory usage per 'top' steadily climbs. Today it was showing 3.1g before I finally logged out of the machine and back in again. I wish I had more information to share, but at this time, I don't. Will report back if/when I do, though. -- 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/1850201 Title: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1850201/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1850201] Re: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen
** Tags removed: leak ** Tags added: gnome-shell-leak -- 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/1850201 Title: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1850201/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1850201] Re: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen
** Bug watch removed: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gjs/issues #217 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gjs/issues/217 ** Bug watch removed: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues #1886 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1886 -- 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/1850201 Title: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1850201/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1850201] Re: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen
Which extensions would you consider the default Ubuntu ones? I'm not finding memory usage lower in 20.04 -- I was at over 1.4G RSS earlier today before I rebooted. -- 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/1850201 Title: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1850201/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1850201] Re: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen
Please also remember to keep all extensions uninstalled while investigating leaks. We don't want to spend time finding leaks in extensions unless they happen to be the default Ubuntu ones. -- 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/1850201 Title: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1850201/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1850201] Re: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen
It would be hard to prove that's a bug at all, or just the natural resident set size that the gnome-shell process settles at until the next garbage collection. And you can't predict or know when that will happen. Generally speaking for gnome-shell I would say anything under 500MB might not be a leak. It might just be "normal" JavaScript garbage accumulation. Or it might be an asymptotic leak. Either way, not yet a priority. While we'd all like gnome-shell to always use less memory, whether this is a bug yet particularly in 20.04 where the memory usage is lower, is unclear. If you are able to repeat some steps many times and get 20.04 past 500MB and then 1000MB then I would consider it a leak worth investigating. ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- 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/1850201 Title: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1850201/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1850201] Re: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen
** Tags added: focal -- 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/1850201 Title: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1850201/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1850201] Re: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen
In Ubuntu 20.04 (with the newest packages) the leak is present. After logging in the memory usage of gnome-shell is 208MB. After pushing Super+A it jumps to 213MB and stay there. After lock/unlock the screen it jumps to 270MB and stays there. Repeated Super+A and lock/unlock seems to do no further changes. After launching firefox it jumps to 290MB and stays there. Closing firefox and launching it again it jumps to 300MB and stasy there. Repeatedly launching firefox (and other apps like terminal, files, settings, etc.) seems to do just small ~100-500kB jumps. Now it sits on 306MB. -- 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/1850201 Title: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1850201/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1850201] Re: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen
** Tags added: leak -- 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/1850201 Title: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1850201/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1850201] Re: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen
No, gnome-shell#1886 is being tracked in Launchpad bug 1856838 already, which is more appropriate than here. -- 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/1850201 Title: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1850201/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1850201] Re: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- 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/1850201 Title: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1850201/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1850201] Re: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen
** Description changed: - Many times after logging in gnome-shell uses 600-800kB of memory, and + Many times after logging in gnome-shell uses 600-800MB of memory, and also slows down quite a bit (e.g., 20-30 seconds waiting for login). Only after multiple resets (Alt+F2 r) drops the memory usage below - 200kB. I use my computer mainly for work, and the above phenomenon is + 200MB. I use my computer mainly for work, and the above phenomenon is quite disturbing. After a couple of hours of work memory usage is - growing over 400kB again, and sometimes the reset (Alt+F2 r) doesn't + growing over 400MB again, and sometimes the reset (Alt+F2 r) doesn't help either. My system is Ubuntu 18.04.3 Gnome 3.28.2, but the newest Ubuntu also behaves similarly. This is an old issue, it was present in 18.04, 18.10, 19.04 and now in 19.10. I use three computers, and all of them suffer with this problem. Anyone can check this with the "gnome- shell memory monitor" gnome-shell extension. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.28.4-0ubuntu18.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-32.34~18.04.2-generic 5.0.21 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-32-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: communitheme:ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Oct 28 20:28:38 2019 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-01-04 (297 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) -- 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/1850201 Title: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1850201/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1850201] Re: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen
Here is a similar issue: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1886 ** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues #1886 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/1886 -- 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/1850201 Title: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1850201/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1850201] Re: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen
I'm trying to catch that function(s) which leaks the memory, but unfortunately I am not an expert. Can anyone help me what to do? I copied /usr/bin/gnome-shell to /usr/bin/gnome-shell.bin and made a script in /usr/bin/gnome-shell: #!/bin/sh if [ $USER = gstest ] ; then exec valgrind --tool=massif --num-callers=500 --massif-out-file=/tmp/massif.out.%p --log-file=/tmp/gnome-shell.valgrind.log.%p $0.bin $* ; fi exec $0.bin $* after that I logged in as gstest and watched the valgrind output with massif-visualizer. But I don't know how to control the frequency of writing out the massif.out.pid file? This file was wrote out couple minutes after logging in, but after that nothing was written out for hours. It would be better to see continuously what is happening when I e.g. push Super+A. -- 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/1850201 Title: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1850201/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1850201] Re: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen
What does it mean "doesn't free memory immediately"? Hours? Days? I never experienced decrease in memory usage, except for small fluctuations. I think it is a memory leak added to this slow garbage collection. I also wrote about this problem to https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gjs/issues/217# but the guys there suggested me to report a bug here, because they thoght that this is not a garbage collection issue. And it seems to me that gnome-shell or gjs is leaking without the extensions too. ** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gjs/issues #217 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gjs/issues/217 -- 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/1850201 Title: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1850201/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1850201] Re: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen
gnome-shell (via gjs and mozjs) actually doesn't free memory immediately when JavaScript objects get deleted. It defers the garbage collection until more stress (more memory use) is put on the system. What this means is even without any leaks it will appear to grow for some period of time before shrinking again. So you might have a leak here, but also it will look like it's leaking even when it's not in the long term :( -- 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/1850201 Title: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1850201/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1850201] Re: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen
The main system which I use for work is Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS. I use gnome with many extensions (see above). At the beginning the memory usage of gnome-shell is ~177MB. (Interesting that in another machine, which is a laptop and has exactly the same system and almost the same hardware, gnome-shell uses ~150MB at the beginning) During my work (using e.g. Octave, LyX, Chrome) the memory usage of gnome-shell is increasing continuously, but when I restart gnome-shell with "Alt+F2 r ", after some time the memory usage doesn't drop to the original value, but ramains at a higher value, which is approx. 200-250MB. This value is slowly increasing. I assume that there is a memory leak somewhere in gnome-shell or gjs (or somewhere else), but only a portion of the leaked memory can be freed with "Alt+F2 r ". I tried to watch what causes the jumps in memory usage, but coudn't figure out it. Sometimes e.g. locking-unlocking the screen, but sometime it seems to be random. -- 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/1850201 Title: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1850201/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1850201] Re: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen
Yes, MB, not kB. Today I made a new test. I logged in (ubuntu 19.10 on virtualbox, normal ubuntu session) and started the gnome-system-monitor to see what is happening. The memory usage of gnome-shell was ~202MB at the beginning. I locked the session, and unlocked it. The memory usage jumped to ~225MB. A lock and unlocked again, the result was ~226MB. Further lock-unlock action made only small, less than 1MB growings. After that a did nothing, left the system untouched. After an hour the memory usage was ~260MB. -- 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/1850201 Title: Memory usage grows when locking/unlocking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1850201/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
