[Bug 2097016] Re: systemd-oomd package causes iconstant increase in memory usage

[Nick Rosbrook]

Can you please provide some evidence of this? Logs, memory usage, etc.,
from before and after? Also do you have a link to this AskUbuntu report?

** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  systemd-oomd package causes iconstant increase in memory usage

Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  The memory usage was constantly increasing (starting at approx 6GB and rising to at least 15GB and eventually the OS hung, my guess it being that it ran out of RAM even though I was doing nothing except refreshing Firefox tabs. I'm running Noble (upgraded from 2022 LTS) on a 16GB Ryzen box, I found a AskUbuntu report which stated that the problem is the system-oomd package, Initially someone suggested stopping the oomd service but that eventually failed top work and the current solution is to remove the system-oomd package. I've done that and the memory glitch has gone away so the RAM usage is staying constant at 7GB.
  IMO this is a serious errorand will put off Ubuntu newbies.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  Package: systemd-oomd (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-40.40-generic 6.8.12
  Uname: Linux 6.8.0-40-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Thu Jan 30 15:45:26 2025
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-06-15 (595 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20230223)
  SourcePackage: systemd
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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