nm-applet leaks massive memory
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
After upgrading to Ubuntu 12.04, I noticed nm-applet would leak huge memory when I leave my machine running overnight (or more). I would notice the machice is crawling, and top would reveal 50%+ of 4GB memory taken by nm-applet.
I figured 2GB for the applet is tad too much ... It happened more than couple of times, I think.
See attached screenshot of top output.
Also, simple "killall nm-applet" won't kill it. I had to do "killall -9 nm-applet" to restore the memory and restart nm-applet manually.
Ubuntu: 12.04
$ dpkg -l | grep network-manager
ii network-manager 0.9.2.0+
ii network-
ii network-
ii network-
It's likely going to happen again - if there is anything I could help collect when it happens again, I would be happy to do so.
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.