Bug 34111 – KMess 1.3 leaks memory over time

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM

[Description Simon Farnsworth 2003-11-22 07:45:36 UTC]

While running KMess on KDE 3.1.4, I notice it's memory usage climbing; most of 
this use is swapped out (2GB swap, 1GB RAM). After it reaches around 250MB 
used, I attempt to quit and restart; it SIGSEGVs on exit, whereas if I quit 
shortly after startup, it doesn't. 

Reproducible: Sometimes
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run KMess 1.3 and log into MSN. 
2. Leave running for a period of several days 
3. Look at memory usage, or quit KMess 
Actual Results:  
Memory usage keeps climbing, and there's a SIGSEGV on exit 

Expected Results:  
Memory usage should eventually stop climbing, and it should exit without 
complaint. 

Portage 2.0.49-r15 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.22dm) 
================================================================= 
System uname: 2.4.22dm i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.12 
ccache version 2.3 [enabled] 
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" 
AUTOCLEAN="yes" 
CFLAGS="-Os -march=athlon-xp -mfpmath=sse -msse -mmmx -m3dnow -pipe" 
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" 
COMPILER="gcc3" 
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/
share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/
texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/
texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /
usr/share/config" 
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" 
CXXFLAGS="-Os -march=athlon-xp -mfpmath=sse -msse -mmmx -m3dnow -pipe" 
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" 
FEATURES="autoaddcvs sandbox ccache prelink fixpackages" 
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/
Linux/distributions/gentoo" 
MAKEOPTS="-j2 -s" 
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" 
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" 
PORTDIR="/usr/portage" 
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" 
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" 
USE="x86 oss apm avi crypt cups encode foomaticdb gif jpeg gnome libg++ mad 
mikmod mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib 
gtkhtml alsa gdbm berkdb slang readline arts tetex aalib bonobo svga tcltk 
guile mysql postgres X sdl gpm tcpd pam libwww ssl perl python esd imlib 
oggvorbis gtk qt kde motif opengl mozilla ldap cdr scanner 3dnow acpi 
acpi4linux artswrappersuid bluetooth caps dga doc dvb dvd dvdr evms2 fam 
ffmpeg flac freetype gd imap ipv6 irmc java kerberos lufsusermount mmx mozsvg 
msn mule music offensive pcap pda physfs pic radeon samba sse tiff ultra1 usb 
v4l wmf xml"

[Comment 1 Caleb Tennis (RETIRED) 2003-11-22 07:50:46 UTC]

Unfortunately, there's not much we can do about this.  Your best bet is to file a bug with the kmess developers.