Maybe I gave the wrong advice. Try: HEAP_PROFILE_ONLY_MMAP=true I know that once you successfully have that set then the performance overhead goes away.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1856516 Title: Excessive memory usage by gnome-shell in 19.10 Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: The gnome-shell process on my system is currently at 5473M VIRT 1224M RSS 566M SHR; this seems a bit excessive. This session has been up for >4 days with a number of suspend/resume cycles in there, so this might be a slow leak? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.34.1+git20191024-1ubuntu1~19.10.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0+bcachefs.git20191120.71cdaa7a-1-generic 5.3.10 Uname: Linux 5.3.0+bcachefs.git20191120.71cdaa7a-1-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Dec 16 16:50:10 2019 DisplayManager: gdm3 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-29 (109 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 bcachefs (20190828) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_AU:en PATH=(custom, user) SHELL=/usr/bin/fish XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.34.1+git20191107-1ubuntu1~19.10.1 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1856516/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
