Watching the eventfd2 & close calls to see which one leaks: sudo strace -p `pidof unity8` 2>&1 | grep -P "(eventfd|close)"
I get on app open: eventfd2(0, O_NONBLOCK|O_CLOEXEC) = 118 eventfd2(0, O_NONBLOCK|O_CLOEXEC) = 117 close(117) = 0 eventfd2(0, O_NONBLOCK|O_CLOEXEC) = 116 close(116) = 0 on app close: eventfd2(0, O_NONBLOCK|O_CLOEXEC) = 109 close(109) = 0 eventfd2(0, O_NONBLOCK|O_CLOEXEC) = 109 close(109) = 0 eventfd2(0, O_NONBLOCK|O_CLOEXEC) = 109 close(109) = 0 eventfd2(0, O_NONBLOCK|O_CLOEXEC) = 109 close(109) = 0 I saw no close call for FD 118 - the first one. In gdb the first eventfd call on app launch has this backtrace: Breakpoint 1, 0xb614ae36 in eventfd () from /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0xffffffff in eventfd () at /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6 #1 0xffffffff in g_wakeup_new () at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.44.1/./glib/gwakeup.c:146 #2 0xffffffff in g_main_context_new () at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.44.1/./glib/gmain.c:624 #3 0xffffffff in cgroup_manager_connection () at /build/ubuntu-app-launch-qvXALV/ubuntu-app-launch-0.5+15.04.20150827/helpers-shared.c:153 #4 0xffffffff in pids_for_appid (appid=appid@entry=0xa1f1e8 "dialer-app") at /build/ubuntu-app-launch-qvXALV/ubuntu-app-launch-0.5+15.04.20150827/libubuntu-app-launch/ubuntu-app-launch.c:1515 #5 0xffffffff in ubuntu_app_launch_pid_in_app_id (pid=17487, appid=0xa1f1e8 "dialer-app") at /build/ubuntu-app-launch-qvXALV/ubuntu-app-launch-0.5+15.04.20150827/libubuntu-app-launch/ubuntu-app-launch.c:1576 #6 0xffffffff in qtmir::upstart::ApplicationController::appIdHasProcessId(int, QString const&) (this=<optimized out>, pid=17487, appId=...) at /home/gerry/dev/projects/qtmir/multimonitor/src/modules/Unity/Application/upstart/applicationcontroller.cpp:180 #7 0xffffffff in qtmir::TaskController::appIdHasProcessId(QString const&, unsigned long long) const (this=this@entry=0x61b138, appId=..., pid=<optimized out>) at /home/gerry/dev/projects/qtmir/multimonitor/src/modules/Unity/Application/taskcontroller.cpp:94 #8 0xffffffff in qtmir::ApplicationManager::authorizeSession(unsigned long long, bool&) (this=0x618328, pid=<optimized out>, authorized=@0xadefeb2c: false) at /home/gerry/dev/projects/qtmir/multimonitor/src/modules/Unity/Application/application_manager.cpp:557 #9 0xffffffff in QMetaCallEvent::placeMetaCall(QObject*) (a=<optimized out>, r=0x618328, this=0x62c248) at ../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/kernel/qobject_impl.h:124 #10 0xffffffff in QMetaCallEvent::placeMetaCall(QObject*) (this=<optimized out>, object=0x618328) at kernel/qobject.cpp:483 #11 0xffffffff in QObject::event(QEvent*) (this=<optimized out>, e=<optimized out>) at kernel/qobject.cpp:1245 #12 0xffffffff in QCoreApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) (this=<optimized out>, receiver=<optimized out>, event=<optimized out>) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:997 #13 0xffffffff in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal(QObject*, QEvent*) (this=0x518f00, receiver=receiver@entry=0x618328, event=event@entry=0x14edba0) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:935 #14 0xffffffff in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents(QObject*, int, QThreadData*) (event=0x14edba0, receiver=0x618328) at ../../include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.h:228 #15 0xffffffff in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents(QObject*, int, QThreadData*) (receiver=receiver@entry=0x0, event_type=event_type@entry=0, data=0x5194c8) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:1552 #16 0xffffffff in QCoreApplication::sendPostedEvents(QObject*, int) (receiver=receiver@entry=0x0, event_type=event_type@entry=0) at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:1410 #17 0xffffffff in postEventSourceDispatch(GSource*, GSourceFunc, gpointer) (s=0x536aa0) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:271 #18 0xffffffff in g_main_context_dispatch (context=0x537390) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.44.1/./glib/gmain.c:3122 #19 0xffffffff in g_main_context_dispatch (context=context@entry=0x537390) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.44.1/./glib/gmain.c:3737 #20 0xffffffff in g_main_context_iterate (context=context@entry=0x537390, block=block@entry=1, dispatch=dispatch@entry=1, self=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.44.1/./glib/gmain.c:3808 #21 0xffffffff in g_main_context_iteration (context=0x537390, may_block=1) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.44.1/./glib/gmain.c:3869 #22 0xffffffff in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) (this=0x537620, flags=...) at kernel/qeventdispatcher_glib.cpp:418 #23 0xffffffff in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) (this=this@entry=0xbedaa278, flags=..., flags@entry=...) at kernel/qeventloop.cpp:204 #24 0xffffffff in QCoreApplication::exec() () at kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp:1188 #25 0x0001407e in () #26 0xffffffff in __libc_start_main () at /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6 #27 0x00014590 in _start () (gdb) cont Suspect the leak is in ubuntu-app-launch ** Also affects: ubuntu-app-launch (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to mir in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1495871 Title: unity8 leaks file descriptors Status in Canonical System Image: Confirmed Status in mir package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in ubuntu-app-launch package in Ubuntu: New Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: unity8 leaks file descriptors in various cases, causing the process to eventually fail (hang and/or restart). These leaks were first discovered during investigations of https://bugs.launchpad.net /canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1491566 , but it's not clear yet if they are indeed responsible for that particular bug. In any case, this is a critical problem, and should be addressed independently. The fds are leaked in various scenarios, including: * opening/closing apps * switching between apps * locking the screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1495871/+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