Ubuntu
consolekit package

ConsoleKit uses too much memory, too many threads

Bug #694774 reported by ichudov on 2010-12-27

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #232557: console-kit-daemon leaks memory. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	consolekit (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: consolekit

I run a desktop box that runs quite a few cron jobs.

It started having memory issues, so I investigated. Looks like ConsoleKit uses 847 megs of memory and spawned dozens of threads.

I wonder why a simple helper program needs to use so much memory, spawn so many threads.

This ConsoleKit has been a thorn in my side for about 2 years, messing me up in unpredictable ways.

op - 10:31:30 up 44 days, 9:28, 45 users, load average: 0.93, 0.85, 0.88
Tasks: 800 total, 1 running, 799 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 6.3%us, 2.3%sy, 0.0%ni, 90.7%id, 0.5%wa, 0.1%hi, 0.2%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 8262208k total, 6432196k used, 1830012k free, 315312k buffers
Swap: 8393920k total, 1716888k used, 6677032k free, 4688992k cached

PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
15654 clamav 20 0 112m 93m 532 S 0.0 1.2 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/clamd
15655 clamav 20 0 112m 93m 532 S 0.0 1.2 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/clamd
1232 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 569:24.71 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1233 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 3:58.85 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1235 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1236 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1237 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1238 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1239 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1242 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1243 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1244 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1245 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1246 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1247 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1248 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1249 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1250 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1251 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1252 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1253 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1254 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1255 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1256 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1257 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1258 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1259 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1260 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1261 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1262 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1263 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1264 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1265 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1266 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1267 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1268 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1269 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1270 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1271 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1272 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1273 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1274 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1275 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1276 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1277 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1278 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1279 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1280 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1281 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1282 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1283 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1284 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1285 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1286 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1287 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1288 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1289 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1290 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1291 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1292 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1293 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1294 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
1299 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:45.82 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
30361 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
31257 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
20419 root 20 0 847m 90m 1516 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: consolekit 0.4.1-3ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.45-generic-pae 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Dec 27 10:36:34 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: consolekit