Public bug reported:
Under heavy workload conditions cups can reach irrationally high memory
consumption very quickly (tens of GBs).
Test case:
1. Set MaxJobs to 40000 in cupsd.conf.
2. sudo apt install cups-pdf
3. Fill the queue with jobs:
while [ 1 ]; lp -d PDF /usr/share/cups/data/default.pdf; done
4. Cancel all jobs
cancel -a PDF
5. Restart cups.
6. Start filling the queue again (as in step 3).
Expected result:
Jobs are processed and memory consumption is proportional to the number of jobs.
Actual result:
After step 5 or at latest step 6 memory consumption starts to increase
exponentially - from ~150-200 MB to 8+GB. Without foreseeing this it's very
easy to get cups killed by OOM killer.
** Affects: cups (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1831021
Title:
Extremely high memory consumption under heavy workload
Status in cups package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Under heavy workload conditions cups can reach irrationally high
memory consumption very quickly (tens of GBs).
Test case:
1. Set MaxJobs to 40000 in cupsd.conf.
2. sudo apt install cups-pdf
3. Fill the queue with jobs:
while [ 1 ]; lp -d PDF /usr/share/cups/data/default.pdf; done
4. Cancel all jobs
cancel -a PDF
5. Restart cups.
6. Start filling the queue again (as in step 3).
Expected result:
Jobs are processed and memory consumption is proportional to the number of
jobs.
Actual result:
After step 5 or at latest step 6 memory consumption starts to increase
exponentially - from ~150-200 MB to 8+GB. Without foreseeing this it's very
easy to get cups killed by OOM killer.
To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1831021/+subscriptions
--
Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages
Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net
Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages
More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
