[Bug 343944] [NEW] plasma memory leak

[Kees]

Public bug reported:

I have found that there is a process called 'plasma' that seems to have
a memory leak. When I start up my machine it takes about 4.6% of memory
(total memory 2G) and after about a day it take 30+%.

At kde4 startup:
  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
4132 kees      20   0  792m  85m  31m S    2  4.6   0:09.52 plasma

After a day of so:
  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
12492 kees      20   0 1307m 501m  16m S    9 27.0  39:52.74 plasma

Restarting the X-server does not make a difference, the process persists
(and keeps growing). I normally have to reboot to reclaim the memory.

This is on Kubuntu 9.04 Alpha 5, 64 bit, with the latest updates.
Running on a amd64 machine with 2G of memory.

My desktop keeps hanging as well, as reported here: 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kubuntu-meta/+bug/337632
I am not sure that is related, but it could be, so I thought I better mention it.

** Affects: kdebase (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  I have found that there is a process called 'plasma' that seems to have
  a memory leak. When I start up my machine it takes about 4.6% of memory
  (total memory 2G) and after about a day it take 30+%.
  
  At kde4 startup:
    PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
- 4132 cesera    20   0  792m  85m  31m S    2  4.6   0:09.52 plasma
+ 4132 kees      20   0  792m  85m  31m S    2  4.6   0:09.52 plasma
  
  After a day of so:
    PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
- 12492 cesera    20   0 1307m 501m  16m S    9 27.0  39:52.74 plasma
+ 12492 kees      20   0 1307m 501m  16m S    9 27.0  39:52.74 plasma
  
  Restarting the X-server does not make a difference, the process persists
  (and keeps growing). I normally have to reboot to reclaim the memory.
  
  This is on Kubuntu 9.04 Alpha 5, 64 bit, with the latest updates.
  Running on a amd64 machine with 2G of memory.
  
  My desktop keeps hanging as well, as reported here: 
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kubuntu-meta/+bug/337632
  I am not sure that is related, but it could be, so I thought I better mention it.

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plasma memory leak
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343944
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