Bug 18825

Summary:	KDE4's Desktop Effects make X server leak memory
Product:	xorg	Reporter:	Bráulio Barros de Oliveira <brauliobo>
Component:	Server/General	Assignee:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Severity:	major
Priority:	high	CC:	antonio.petrelli
Version:	7.4 (2008.09)
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description Bráulio Barros de Oliveira 2008-11-30 13:51:22 UTC

After the upgrade to Xorg 1.5.3 on ArchLinux (64bit) the memory usage of the xorg server greatly improved, except when using opengl enabled applications.

Before enabling KDE4's Desktop Effects, X was using 47mb of memory, and then just after enabling it, it used 98mb. After a few minutes of use, it is now using 165mb of memory, according to KDE System Activity monitor.

This leak can be confirmed under the latest KDE svn build and also the stable version (4.1.3)

Comment 1 Michel Dänzer 2009-09-01 02:31:15 UTC

Is this still happening with xserver 1.6.x?

Comment 2 Bráulio Barros de Oliveira 2009-09-01 06:31:20 UTC

it seems ok and not leaking to much memomry with latest archlinux packages.
although some composite and opengl with kwin leaks to be yet ocurring.

Use of freedesktop.org services, including Bugzilla, is subject to our Code of Conduct. How we collect and use information is described in our Privacy Policy.