/system/lib/libubuntu_application_api.so leaks memory constantly

[Daniel d'Andrada]

Run a qml application containing just an empty item ("Item {}") for some minutes (or overnight). You will see that its memory consumption increases constantly over time. Valgrind says the following:

==4265== 645,288 (49,656 direct, 595,632 indirect) bytes in 12,414 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 623 of 623
==4265== at 0x482DB1C: operator new[](unsigned int) (vg_replace_malloc.c:357)
==4265== by 0x72E24CB: ??? (in /system/lib/libubuntu_application_api.so)

Running on the desktop (hence without using that QPA) doesn't show that constant memory increase.

[Alberto Aguirre (albaguirre)]

The leak is in SensorListener::on_new_reading in android/default/default_ubuntu_application_sensor.cpp

Nothing deletes the object allocated by make_holder

[Victor Tuson Palau (vtuson)]

I think this should be crtitical

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package platform-api - 2.4.0+14.10.20140926-0ubuntu1

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platform-api (2.4.0+14.10.20140926-0ubuntu1) utopic; urgency=low

  [ Alberto Aguirre ]
  * Fix memory leak on sensor event notifications (LP: #1206146) (LP:
    #1206146)
 -- Ubuntu daily release <email address hidden> Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:42:04 +0000