Comment 16 for bug 987060

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Leonardo Torok (leotorok) wrote : Re: [Bug 987060] Re: massive memory leak in unity-panel-service and hud-service when invoking the hud on Firefox profiles with large amounts of bookmarks

Hi,

I'm not using StumbleUpon and I don't even think I've a lot of bookmarks
(probably 300), so a lot of people are affected by this bug.

Em 27-08-2012 20:04, Chauncellor escreveu:
> Hi, it appears (based on duplicate comments) that this is dealing with
> huge amounts of bookmarks - Are any people using the stumbleupon addon?
> Apparently it has a 'feature' where it will auto-bookmark any thumbs-
> upped item. In addition to being a massively stupid design decision, it
> also plonks a mouth-opening amount of bookmarks on the user's profile.
>
> If you do not have a large amount of bookmarks, please open a new report
> as this one specifically targets this problem type.
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - massive memory leak in unity-panel-service and hud-service when invoking the hud on certain Firefox Profiles
> + massive memory leak in unity-panel-service and hud-service when invoking the hud on Firefox profiles with large amounts of bookmarks
>
> ** Description changed:
>
> - unity-panel-service and hud-service quickly racks up memory 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 unusable.
> + 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.
>
> - Creating and using a new profile presents no memory leaks.
> + This is due to a high number of bookmarks in a user profile (hundreds).
>
> ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Triaged
>