also, in kde 5.6.4 from backports - plasmashell memory leak

[unicorp99]

plasmashell memory leak
also, in kde 5.6.4 from backports - plasmashell memory leak

in my 16GB ram - plasmashell in one week - eat memory 8GB

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: plasma-workspace 4:5.5.5.2-0ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-pf8-uksm x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jun 1 01:13:48 2016
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=ru:en_US
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: plasma-workspace
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[unicorp99 (unicorp99)]

also, on 4.4 original kernel - plasmashell memory leak

[unicorp99 (unicorp99)]

Update:
if i switch to proprientary nvidia driver (v361, GT430) - then memory NO leak,
if i switch to noveau - then memory leak.

[Lemmiwinks (lemmiwinks)]

I also see this memory leak with the nvidia driver v346 and the nouveau driver as well, so no difference here for me.
What we need is a backport of these two patches mentioned in this KDE bug report:

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=344879#c122

otherwise plasmashell will continue to eat more and more memory with every plasma screen update, like opening a plasmoid, systray item menu, etc.

I tried Fedora 24, which is build against QT 5.6 and it does not suffer from this problem.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Njcki (man-techno)]

This bug makes kde unusable. We have to kill and relaunch plasmashell every few hours.
Please someone can try these patches? https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=344879#c122

[Christoph Roeder (brightdroid)]

Still not solved in Kubuntu 17.04 with plasma-workspace 4:5.9.4-0ubuntu1.

I'm using nvidia 375.39-0ubuntu5.

Please fix this issue.

[Scarlett Gately Moore (scarlettmoore)]

This bug is very old, if it remains an issue please update the bug with info from a supported release.