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FS#66589 - [xfdesktop] memory leak patch needed

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by John (graysky) - Friday, 08 May 2020, 18:24 GMT
Last edited by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) - Friday, 08 May 2020, 21:20 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

There is a known memory leak affecting xfdesktop 4.14.2 which has been fixed upstream but not yet incorporated into a new release. Please apply the following patch to 4.14.2 to fix the leak.

On my machine the memory RSS usage of xfdesktop balloons to have 800MB in 24 hours using 4.12.2-1 from [extra] but stays around 200MB after days of uptime with the patch.

https://github.com/xfce-mirror/xfdesktop/commit/f3f9bdb5a9162480ba1a892d37859321f37c4d51

Per a private email with Jan Ziak, it is safe to cherry pick as requested:

"Yes, it is safe to cherry pick the patch and use it with 4.14.2. I am applying this patch to vanilla xfdesktop 4.14.2 which I am running on my Gentoo machine. Sincerely, Jan."
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Closed by  Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis)
Friday, 08 May 2020, 21:20 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  xfdesktop 4.14.2-2

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