Comment 7 for bug 1856838

Memory usage increases only at the first time when a push Super+A. Repeatedly pushing Super+A doesn't cause further jumps. However, this allocated memory never seems to be released (memory usage doesn't drop back to the original level).

On Jan 7 2022, at 8:32 am, Daniel van Vugt <email address hidden> wrote:
> Is anyone still affected by this bug? If so then please ensure you don't
> have any extensions loaded and tell us what version of Ubuntu you are
> using.
>
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> ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1856838
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> Title:
> [memory leak] gnome-shell using a lot of RAM after repeatedly opening
> the overview
>
> Status in GNOME Shell:
> New
> Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Just noticed my gnome-shell was using 3GB RSS. Which seems excessive.
> Spoke to duflu on irc and he suggested I file a bug, and to make sure
> I'm not using any extra extensions.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
> Package: gnome-shell 3.34.1+git20191024-1ubuntu1~19.10.1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-24.26-generic 5.3.10
> Uname: Linux 5.3.0-24-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
> ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.2
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
> Date: Wed Dec 18 10:49:44 2019
> DisplayManager: gdm3
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-04 (681 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: neon userlts "Xenial" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20180202-11:07
> RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.34.1+git20191107-1ubuntu1~19.10.1
> SourcePackage: gnome-shell
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2019-09-19 (89 days ago)
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