kpdf takes whole memory very quickly, forcing a reboot with alt-sysrq keystrokes (if done quickly enough...). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.start kpdf 2.press the reset button... Actual Results: Using top or redirecting ps aux to a file into a while loop shows the whole memory is eaten up: USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND user 11401 0.0 0.0 125636 1380 ? D 03:20 0:00 kpdf [...snip...] user 11401 1.4 1.1 161100 44796 ? R 03:20 0:00 kpdf [...snip...] user 11401 4.7 10.2 651584 415068 ? R 03:20 0:00 kpdf [...snip...] user 11401 8.3 20.1 1310156 813812 ? R 03:20 0:00 kpdf [...snip...] user 11401 13.8 40.1 2302472 1622596 ? R 03:20 0:01 kpdf [...snip...] user 11401 22.9 72.8 4522636 2947252 ? D 03:20 0:02 kpdf To avoid the machine's crash, this line is useful: while [ /bin/true ]; do p=`ps aux | grep kpdf | egrep -ve 'grep|strace' | awk '{print int($4)}'`; if [ "X${p}X" == "XX" ]; then p=0; fi; if [ $p -ge 70 ]; then killall -9 kpdf; fi; done Started with strace, I could see that the memory is eaten up by calls to mmap: mmap(NULL, 528384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fda29d53000 related packages versions: kde-base/kdelibs (3.5.10-r6(3.5)@09/14/09) kde-base/kdeprint (3.5.10(3.5)@06/23/09) kde-base/kghostview (3.5.10(3.5)@06/23/09) # emerge --info: Portage 2.1.6.13 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.3.2, glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2, 2.6.30-gentoo-r4 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r4-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Quad_CPU_Q6600_@_2.40GHz-with-gentoo-1.12.11.1 Timestamp of tree: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:45:02 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.0_p28 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7-r1, 2.1.8-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.5.4-r3, 2.6.2-r1 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.4 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6a virtual/os-headers: 2.6.27-r2 ABI="amd64" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ANT_HOME="/usr/share/ant" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ARCH="amd64" ASFLAGS_x86="--32" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CDEFINE_amd64="__x86_64__" CDEFINE_x86="__i386__" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=nocona -pipe" CFLAGS_x86="-m32" CG_COMPILER_EXE="/usr/bin/cgc" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CHOST_amd64="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CHOST_x86="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CLASSPATH="." CLEAN_DELAY="5" COLLISION_IGNORE="/lib/modules" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CVS_RSH="ssh" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=nocona -pipe" DEFAULT_ABI="amd64" DISPLAY=":0.0" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EDITOR="vi" ELIBC="glibc" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--ask --verbose" EMERGE_WARNING_DELAY="10" FEATURES="ccache distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans usersandbox" FETCHCOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -t 5 -T 60 --passive-ftp -O "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}"" FLTK_DOCDIR="/usr/share/doc/fltk-2.0_pre6786/html" GCC_SPECS="" GDK_USE_XFT="1" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.ovh.net/gentoo-distfiles/ ftp://mirror.ovh.net/gentoo-distfiles/ ftp://gentoo.imj.fr/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.gentoo.org/ " GUILE_LOAD_PATH="/usr/share/guile/1.8" HG="/usr/bin/hg" HOME="/root" INFODIR="/usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Documentation/info:/usr/GNUstep/Local/Library/Documentation/info" INFOPATH="/usr/share/info:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.18/info:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.2/info:/usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Documentation/info:/usr/GNUstep/Local/Library/Documentation/info" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse" JAVAC="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm/bin/javac" JAVACC_HOME="/usr/share/javacc/" JAVA_HOME="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm" JDK_HOME="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm" KDE_IS_PRELINKED="1" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LDFLAGS_x86="-m elf_i386" LESS="-R -M --shift 5" LESSOPEN="|lesspipe.sh %s" LIBDIR_amd64="lib64" LIBDIR_amd64_fbsd="lib64" LIBDIR_ppc="lib32" LIBDIR_ppc64="lib64" LIBDIR_sparc32="lib32" LIBDIR_sparc64="lib64" LIBDIR_x86="lib32" LIBDIR_x86_fbsd="lib32" LINGUAS="en fr" LOGNAME="root" MAKEOPTS="-j5" MANPATH="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.18/man:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.2/man:/opt/intel/cce/10.0.026/man:/opt/intel/fce/10.0.026/man:/etc/java-config/system-vm/man/:/usr/lib64/php5/man/:/usr/kde/3.5/share/man:/usr/qt/3/doc/man:/opt/opera/share/man:/opt/vmware/player/man:/usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Documentation/man:/usr/GNUstep/Local/Library/Documentation/man" MULTILIB_ABIS="amd64 x86" MULTILIB_STRICT_DENY="64-bit.*shared object" MULTILIB_STRICT_DIRS="/lib32 /lib /usr/lib32 /usr/lib /usr/kde/*/lib32 /usr/kde/*/lib /usr/qt/*/lib32 /usr/qt/*/lib /usr/X11R6/lib32 /usr/X11R6/lib" MULTILIB_STRICT_EXEMPT="(perl5|gcc|gcc-lib|binutils|eclipse-3|debug|portage)" NETBEANS="apisupport cnd groovy gsf harness ide identity j2ee java mobility nb php profiler soa visualweb webcommon websvccommon xml" OPENGL_PROFILE="nvidia" PAGER="less" PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.3.2:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.3.2:/opt/intel/cce/10.0.026/bin:/opt/intel/fce/10.0.026/bin:/usr/kde/3.5/sbin:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/usr/lib64/subversion/bin:/opt/vmware/player/bin:/usr/GNUstep/System/Tools:/usr/GNUstep/Local/Tools" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/qt/3/lib64/pkgconfig" PORTAGE_ARCHLIST="ppc x86-openbsd ppc-openbsd ppc64 x86-winnt x86-fbsd ppc-aix alpha arm x86-freebsd s390 amd64 x86-macos x64-openbsd ia64-hpux hppa x86-netbsd amd64-linux ia64-linux x86 sparc-solaris x64-freebsd sparc64-solaris x86-linux x64-macos sparc m68k-mint ia64 mips ppc-macos x86-interix hppa-hpux amd64-fbsd x64-solaris mips-irix m68k sh x86-solaris sparc-fbsd" PORTAGE_BINHOST_CHUNKSIZE="3000" PORTAGE_BIN_PATH="/usr/lib64/portage/bin" PORTAGE_COMPRESS_EXCLUDE_SUFFIXES="css gif htm[l]? jp[e]?g js pdf png" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_DEBUG="0" PORTAGE_DEPCACHEDIR="/var/cache/edb/dep" PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="info warn error log" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILFROM="magnard@iap.fr" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILSUBJECT="package ${PACKAGE} merged on ${HOST} with notice" PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="magnard@iap.fr smtp.iap.fr" PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="echo save_summary save mail_summary:warn,error,log" PORTAGE_FETCH_CHECKSUM_TRY_MIRRORS="5" PORTAGE_FETCH_RESUME_MIN_SIZE="350K" PORTAGE_GID="250" PORTAGE_INST_GID="0" PORTAGE_INST_UID="0" PORTAGE_PYM_PATH="/usr/lib64/portage/pym" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES="3" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTAGE_VERBOSE="1" PORTAGE_WORKDIR_MODE="0700" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage/layman/sunrise /usr/local/portage" PORT_LOGDIR="/var/log/portage" PROFILE_ONLY_VARIABLES="ARCH ELIBC KERNEL USERLAND" PWD="/root" PYTHONDOCS="/usr/share/doc/python-docs-2.6.2-r1/html/library" PYTHONDOCS_2_6="/usr/share/doc/python-docs-2.6.2-r1/html/library" QMAKESPEC="linux-g++" QTDIR="/usr/qt/3" RESUMECOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -c -t 5 -T 60 --passive-ftp -O "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}"" ROOT="/" ROOTPATH="/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.3.2:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.3.2:/opt/intel/cce/10.0.026/bin:/opt/intel/fce/10.0.026/bin:/usr/kde/3.5/sbin:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/usr/lib64/subversion/bin:/opt/vmware/player/bin:/usr/GNUstep/System/Tools:/usr/GNUstep/Local/Tools" RPMDIR="/usr/portage/rpm" RUBYOPT="-rauto_gem" SANE_BACKENDS="epson mustek mustek_usb plustek plustek_pp" SANE_CONFIG_DIR="/etc/sane.d" SGML_CATALOG_FILES="/etc/sgml/xml-docbook-4.3.cat:/etc/sgml/xml-docbook-4.2.cat:/etc/sgml/xml-docbook-4.1.2.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-4.1.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat:/etc/sgml/dsssl-docbook-stylesheets.cat:/etc/sgml/openjade-1.3.2.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-ent.cat:/etc/sgml/xml-docbook-4.4.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-3.1.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-lite.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-4.4.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-3.0.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-4.0.cat" SHELL="/bin/bash" SHLVL="1" STAGE1_USE="multilib nptl nptlonly unicode" SYMLINK_LIB="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" TERM="xterm" TEXINPUTS="/usr/lib64/ocaml/ocamldoc:" TIME="%U user %S system %e elapsed %P CPU" TIMEFORMAT="%U user %S system %R elapsed %P%% CPU" USB_DEVFS_PATH="/dev/bus/usb" USE="3dnow 3dnowext X X509 Xaw3d a52 aac aalib acl acpi additions aften aim akode alsa amd64 amr amrnb amrwb apache2 arts artworkextra assistant audacious audiofile authfile automount avahi background bash-completion bdf beagle berkdb big-tables bl bluetooth bogofilter branding bs2b bzip2 cairo calendar cdaudio cdda cddb cdio cdparanoia cdr cg cgi cgraph chm chroot cli console consolekit contrast cpudetection cracklib crypt css ctype cups curl cvs cxx daap dbus dc1394 dedicated device-mapper dga dia dillo dirac directfb disk-partition divx djconsole djvu dmraid dmx dri dts dv dvb dvd dvdr dvdread dvi dvipdfm emboss enca encode esd evo exif extraengine extrafilters extras faac fam fastcgi fat fbcon ffmpeg fftw firefox flac fltk fontconfig fortran fping ftp fuse gcj gd gdbm geoip gif gimp git gkrellm glade glut gmedia gmp gnome gnome-keyring gnome-print gnomecd gnustep gnutls gpac gpg gphoto2 gpm grammar graphviz gs gsl gsm gstreamer gtk gtkhtml gutenprint hal hddtemp hdf5 hdri hifieq hpn httpd ia32 icecast iconv id3 id3tag idn ieee1394 ifp ilbc imagemagick imap imlib inherit-graph ipod ipv6 isdnlog ithreads jabber java javascript jbig jce jpeg jpeg2k kate kde kerberos keyring kpathsea kqemu lame lapack largeterminal 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dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en fr" SANE_BACKENDS="epson mustek mustek_usb plustek plustek_pp" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv v4l vmware vga vesa fbdev" USER="root" USERLAND="GNU" USE_EXPAND="ALSA_CARDS ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS APACHE2_MODULES APACHE2_MPMS CAMERAS CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS DVB_CARDS ELIBC 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I have just re-emerged kpdf, after which it works... Could a linking with the former version of kdelibs cause this behaviour ? Sorry for not having tryed to re-emerge before submitting this bug.
(In reply to comment #1) > I have just re-emerged kpdf, after which it works... Closing since it's working for you now. I wouldn't waste time on reporting KDE3 bugs, it's about to get removed.
