Memory leak in clutter when using direct scanout
Hardware Information:
- Memory: 128.0 GiB
- Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900X × 24
- Graphics: AMD Radeon™ RX 6800
Affected Version:
- OS Name: openSUSE Tumbleweed
- OS Type: 64-bit
- GNOME Version: 45.1
- Windowing System: Wayland
- Kernel Version: Linux 6.6.2-1-default
Bug Summary
Memory usage of gnome-shell grows to tens of GiB when running an application (such as video players) in fullscreen mode for a prolonged time in wayland mode.
Steps to reproduce
Run a video in firefox in fullscreen for at least a day.
Additional information
Here is a heaptrack of gnome-shell heaptrack.gnome-shell.14795.zst
See also