Bug 45305 - Large Xorg Memory Leak
Summary: Large Xorg Memory Leak
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Server/General (show other bugs)
Version: git
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium major
Assignee: Xorg Project Team
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Blocks: xserver-1.13
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Reported: 2012-01-27 05:32 UTC by Tom Hunt
Modified: 2012-06-12 03:51 UTC (History)
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Description Tom Hunt 2012-01-27 05:32:43 UTC 
Version: X.Org X Server 1.11.3.902 (1.11.4 RC 2)
Latest Git version of xf86-video-ati and 2 X Radeon HD3450 and 4 X Monitors.

It was required to run the lastest git version of xf86-video-ati to stop X from segfaulting on any opengl applications in my configuration.

After 24 hours of use X creeps up from 400MB Ram to 3GB of Ram every time and requires a restart to clear.

My friend is running an identical setup as me with same versions of code but only 3 monitors and all in a row. He does not have the memory Leak at all (Or at least it is not obvious)

I am not a valgrind expert but if someone could tell me how to generate a useful report then I am willing to try also any other information you might think to be useful.

Xorg.conf as follows:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier  "Layout"
    Option      "Xinerama" "on"
    Option      "Clone"    "off"
    Screen   0  "left"      0 400
    Screen   1  "middle"    1600 0
    Screen   2  "right"     3280 400
    Screen   3  "bottom"    1600 1200
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "AMDx1-1"
    Driver      "radeon"
    BusID       "PCI:3:0:0"
    Option      "ZaphodHeads"   "DVI-3"
    Screen      0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "AMDx1-2"
    Driver      "radeon"
    BusID       "PCI:3:0:0"
    Option      "ZaphodHeads"   "DVI-2"
    Screen      1
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "AMDx16-1"
    Driver      "radeon"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
    Option      "ZaphodHeads"   "DVI-0"
    Screen      0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "AMDx16-2"
    Driver      "radeon"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
    Option      "ZaphodHeads"   "DVI-1"
    Screen      1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "left"
    Device      "AMDx16-1"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "middle"
    Device      "AMDx1-1"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "right"
    Device      "AMDx16-2"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "bottom"
    Device      "AMDx1-2"
EndSection
Comment 1 Tom Hunt 2012-02-07 06:55:30 UTC 
After some more research:

This happens with the Closed AND Open source ATI driver.
It happens on ARCH and Gentoo and also with 1.11.4 version of X Server.
Comment 2 Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia 2012-03-30 20:10:54 UTC 
Can you please provide more information.  Can you use valgrind to find the source of the leak?
Comment 3 Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia 2012-06-12 03:51:55 UTC 
No response.  Closing.

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