There is a limit to the RAM used. Maybe garbage collection [malloc()/free()] is not functioning ?
Actual behaviour
There is no limit, until the system runs out
Steps to reproduce the behaviour
Have a program that keeps changing the notification area icon, particularity with large images. I noticed this with Variety desktop background changer. The default option is to show the desktop background picture, as the icon in the notification area. Keep changing the background image and thus icon in notification area, RAM usage of notification-area-applet keeps growing.
A previous versions of MATE (last 3 years) did not do this. I noticed this when I upgraded recently.
raveit65
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1 year ago
Expected behaviour
There is a limit to the RAM used. Maybe garbage collection [malloc()/free()] is not functioning ?
Actual behaviour
There is no limit, until the system runs out
Steps to reproduce the behaviour
Have a program that keeps changing the notification area icon, particularity with large images. I noticed this with Variety desktop background changer. The default option is to show the desktop background picture, as the icon in the notification area. Keep changing the background image and thus icon in notification area, RAM usage of notification-area-applet keeps growing.
A previous versions of MATE (last 3 years) did not do this. I noticed this when I upgraded recently.
MATE general version
MATE 1.24.1
Notification Area 1.24.1
Package version
Linux Distribution
Arch Kernel Linux 5.8.3-arch1-1 x86_64
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