** Summary changed: - vlc leaks video memory + vlc leaks memory
** Description changed: When I watch movie on VLC memory usage starts growing until memory is full and then oom killer kills some of processes or computer eventually freezes or become very slow (due to usage of swap). - Since none of current processes have so high memory usage, I have - concluded that it had to be inside kernel. And some of kern.log entries - suggest that is the video memory. + (Virtual memory usage keeps growing, while residual numbers stay + relatively low) I can reproduce this bug every time. 1. Open htop and sort processes based on memory usage 2. Start watching movie in VLC - 3. Memory usage keeps growing (I have 8GB of RAM, of which initially only 1.1 GB is used), but none of processes has such huge memory usage + 3. Memory usage keeps growing (I have 8GB of RAM, of which initially only 1.1 GB is used) 4. I pause the player, memory usage stops growing 5. I quit VLC player, memory gets released. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: vlc 2.2.2-5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55-generic 4.4.16 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: sep4_0 socperf2_0 pax ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Sun Sep 4 21:29:20 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-13 (964 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) SourcePackage: vlc UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-09-03 (1 days ago) ** Description changed: When I watch movie on VLC memory usage starts growing until memory is full and then oom killer kills some of processes or computer eventually freezes or become very slow (due to usage of swap). (Virtual memory usage keeps growing, while residual numbers stay relatively low) I can reproduce this bug every time. 1. Open htop and sort processes based on memory usage 2. Start watching movie in VLC 3. Memory usage keeps growing (I have 8GB of RAM, of which initially only 1.1 GB is used) 4. I pause the player, memory usage stops growing 5. I quit VLC player, memory gets released. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: vlc 2.2.2-5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55-generic 4.4.16 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: sep4_0 socperf2_0 pax ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Sun Sep 4 21:29:20 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-13 (964 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) SourcePackage: vlc UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-09-03 (1 days ago) + + EDIT: I thought initially that this was related to video memory due to + kernel log about purging GPU memory, but GPU memory usage reported in + kernel was so low (circa 8 MB), that it simply couldn't be it. Thus, I + removed comment about being related to kernel video memory. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1620110 Title: vlc leaks memory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1620110/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
