*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1235649 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1235649
Something like this appears to be happening to me on 14.04, I've tried bumping the kernel to 3.16, and various other things, but I'm still seeing this kind of thing:- PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 7623 jlewis 20 0 4158500 3.288g 1476 S 0.0 57.5 12:36.48 init System has been up for about 5 days. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to upstart in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1254529 Title: init memory leak (550MB in two weeks) Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: On a system that has run for two weeks, init is now using 550MB of resident memory. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: upstart 1.10-0ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Nov 25 08:21:17 2013 ExecutablePath: /sbin/init InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-15 (223 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130413) MarkForUpload: True ProcKernelCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-13-generic root=UUID=d74ea524-a93a-4851-9da7-fef5443fd44b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: upstart UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-01 (53 days ago) UpstartBugCategory: System UpstartRunningSystemVersion: init (upstart 1.10) modified.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.blacklist.conf: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.blacklist.conf: 2013-04-15T17:28:34.763879 upstart.logrotate.log: gzip: stdin: file size changed while zipping To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1254529/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp