I filed this bug upstream: https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=96525
** Bug watch added: MySQL Bug System #96525 http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=96525 ** Also affects: mysql-server via http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=96525 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server, which is subscribed to mysql-5.7 in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: main https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1839527 Title: mysqld eats more than 16 GB of memory on startup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mysql-server/+bug/1839527/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
