Re: gnome-shell got memory leaks ?

["Jasper St. Pierre" <jstpierre mecheye net>]

Installing more debug symbols for libgirepository, gjs libcroco and
libmozjs185 would be super useful.

On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 3:28 AM, 邓尧 <torshie gmail com> wrote:
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> On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Jasper St. Pierre <jstpierre mecheye net>
> wrote:
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>> On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 2:20 AM, 邓尧 <torshie gmail com> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Jasper St. Pierre
>> > <jstpierre mecheye net>
>> > wrote:
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>> >> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Bijan Binaee <bijanbina gmail com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > i run gnome shell in valgrind and it show that gnome-shell have about
>> >> > 3500
>> >> > memory error!!!
>> >> > and leak about 10 MB!!!
>> >> > also i note that i just ran it and i haven't opened any window and
>> >> > close
>> >> > it
>> >> > and maybe if i do that you see a lot more problem
>> >> >
>> >> > here is valgrind log:http://paste.kde.org/504602/
>> >> > also because my gnome-shell is not compiled with debug flag backtrace
>> >> > is
>> >> > not
>> >> > available perfectly
>> >>
>> >> Yes. We need debug symbols.
>> >>
>> >> You need to run with --leak-check=full. Also, G_SLICE=always-malloc and
>> >> G_DEBUG.
>> >>
>> >> See http://live.gnome.org/Valgrind
>> >>
>> >> Also, using a suppressions file like the one provided with Clutter is
>> >> always a good idea.
>> >>
>> > I also tried gnome-shell under valgrind. gnome-shell was started with
>> > "valgrind --leak-check=full --show-reachable=yes
>> > --log-file=gnome-shell.log
>> > gnome-shell --replace", then stopped with command "gnome-shell
>> > --replace".
>> > The valgrind log can be downloaded here:
>> > http://www.xiahaiqu.com/gnome-shell.log.gz
>> > According to the valgrind log, both nvidia driver (/usr/lib/libGL.so)
>> > and
>> > gnome-shell got leaks. Not all debug symbol files are installed, if more
>> > debug symbols are need, let me know.
>> >
>> > btw, when starting gnome-shell I got the following console error
>> > message,
>> > not sure whether it's important or not.
>> > (gnome-shell:7493): folks-WARNING **: Failed to find primary
>> > PersonaStore
>> > with type ID 'eds' and ID 'system'.
>> > Individuals will not be linked properly and creating new links between
>> > Personas will not work.
>> > The configured primary PersonaStore's backend may not be installed. If
>> > you
>> > are unsure, check with your distribution.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Yao
>> >
>>
>> It does not seem like you set the correct environment variables, as I
>> can still see random things caused by valgrind not understanding the
>> slab allocator. Additionally, please try and use a suppressions file.
>> I recommend the one in Clutter's tree:
>>
>>
>>  http://git.gnome.org/browse/clutter/plain/tests/data/clutter-1.0.suppressions
>>
>> --
>>   Jasper
>
>
> OK, tried with G_DEBUG & G_SLICE set,
>
> G_DEBUG=gc-friendly G_SLICE=always-malloc valgrind --leak-check=full
> --show-reachable=yes --log-file=3.log
> --suppressions=clutter-1.0.suppressions gnome-shell --replace
>
> The log is here: www.xiahaiqu.com/3.log.gz Still got lots of leaks, but most
> of them originated from libmozjs and libGL. Leaks originated from libGL not
> necessarily means bugs in nvidia driver, might be incorrect use of opengl.
>
> Thanks
> Yao
>



-- 
  Jasper