Memory leak when using many terminals over time
Submitted by Romuald Brunet
Link to original bug (#532327)
Description
Hello
gnome-terminal seems to "leak" memory over time when using multiple terminal windows over time.
Memory does not appear to be freed when closing tabs/windows. This leads to large memory consumption (scrollback buffer is not freed) when opening / closing many terminals.
I've made a patch that seems to limit the effect (RSS memory does not grow again when closing => opening a window).
Since I'm not a gtk (or C for that matter :) developer, I'm not sure it's the most efficient way to deal with this particular problem.
Version: 2.22.x
Resolution: RESOLVED FIXED