Bug#425095: Etch Xorg memory leak?
On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 09:09 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 12:32:08PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 21:23 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> > >
> > > ssh titan -f /usr/bin/kpdf
> > > open a long file
> > > view each page in turn
> > >
> > > As each new page is viewed, xorg uses more memory, and swap goes up.
> > >
> > > Its as if xorg is using memory to hold the image for the new page and
> > > isn't releasing the memory used to hold the old page. I conjuecture
> > > that its holding all viewed pages in memory.
> >
> > Quite possibly, and likely on behalf of the client, i.e. kpdf in this
> > case. Please rule out first that kpdf is keeping pixmaps around, be it
> > on purpose or by accident.
>
> Since I don't really know how remote X apps work, I thought that they
> just told the X server what to display; I didn't realize that they could
> compell it to keep pixmaps around.
Because pixmaps reside in the X server's address space, it's as simple
as creating pixmaps and never freeing them.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com
Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
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