Public bug reported: I see gnome-keyring-daemon using hundreds of meabytes after just a few days of uptime. Here's one with weeks of uptime:
$ cat /proc/`pidof gnome-keyring-daemon`/status Name: gnome-keyring-d State: S (sleeping) Tgid: 2437 Ngid: 0 Pid: 2437 PPid: 2243 TracerPid: 0 Uid: 1000 1000 1000 1000 Gid: 1000 1000 1000 1000 FDSize: 64 Groups: 4 24 27 30 46 107 124 127 136 1000 VmPeak: 916888 kB VmSize: 916632 kB VmLck: 2404 kB VmPin: 0 kB VmHWM: 219472 kB VmRSS: 87048 kB VmData: 861876 kB VmStk: 136 kB VmExe: 872 kB VmLib: 7292 kB VmPTE: 956 kB VmSwap: 314888 kB Threads: 7 SigQ: 0/31584 SigPnd: 0000000000000000 ShdPnd: 0000000000000000 SigBlk: 0000000000005201 SigIgn: 0000000000001000 SigCgt: 0000000180000000 CapInh: 0000000000000000 CapPrm: 0000000000004000 CapEff: 0000000000004000 CapBnd: 0000003fffffffff Seccomp: 0 Cpus_allowed: f Cpus_allowed_list: 0-3 Mems_allowed: 00000000,00000001 Mems_allowed_list: 0 voluntary_ctxt_switches: 693063 nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches: 289977 90 MB RSS and 300 MB in swap when I've had plenty of memory free suggests there's a lot of data that is not actually used. (If I'm interpreting the above correctly, the most that's ever been in use at the same time is 200 MB.) Maybe a memory leak? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: gnome-keyring 3.10.1-1ubuntu4.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-33.38~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt7 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-33-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Dec 17 12:36:28 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-10 (1131 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) SourcePackage: gnome-keyring UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-19 (607 days ago) ** Affects: gnome-keyring (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-keyring in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1527200 Title: gnome-keyring memory use (leak?) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/1527200/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs