Comment 39 for bug 987060

Is this the cause of "init --user" having memory spikes?

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On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Otus <email address hidden> wrote:

> I'm seeing hud-service taking hundreds of MB in 14.04, but I don't use
> Firefox (I use Chromium). Is this only for the Firefox issue, should I
> file another bug, or is there some master bug about current HUD memory
> leaks I can subscribe to?
>
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> Title:
> massive memory leak in unity-panel-service and hud-service when
> invoking the hud on Firefox profiles with large amounts of bookmarks
> LTS 12.04 14.04
>
> Status in Unity HUD:
> Confirmed
> Status in The Application Menu:
> Confirmed
> Status in Unity:
> Won't Fix
> Status in “hud” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> unity-panel-service and hud-service quickly racks up memory and CPU
> usage until I kill it when invoking the HUD on Firefox. It's taking
> anywhere from a few minutes to half an hour, but it sometimes makes
> the system completely unusable.
>
> 1. run Firefox 12.0 in the foreground
> 2. hit Alt to bring up HUD
> 3. type any text
> 4. select one proposal from HUD
> 5. wait for unity-panel-service and hud-service to fill up the remaining
> RAM and swap space.
>
> This is due to a high number of bookmarks in a user profile
> (hundreds).
>
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