Same issue here on 10.10 x86_64. Streamed some music over a ssh mount through gvfs. Ever since doing that, even after multiple reboots -- gvfsd stands at ~1gb of private memory.
[0:530] callisto:~ $ ps waux | grep [g]vfsd 1000 9835 0.0 0.1 170148 5420 ? Sl 12:04 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-http --spawner :1.11 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/3 1000 25512 1.8 23.0 983312 933956 ? S 11:39 0:59 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd 1000 25629 0.0 0.0 130488 3576 ? S 11:39 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-trash --spawner :1.11 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/0 1000 25675 0.0 0.0 45860 2616 ? S 11:39 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-metadata 1000 25719 0.0 0.0 52060 2700 ? S 11:39 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-burn --spawner :1.11 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/1 1000 26664 0.0 0.0 66848 3320 ? S 11:40 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-computer --spawner :1.11 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/2 This is rather unsettling, especially since ever since that happened dbus is now eating all the CPU as well :( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/433500 Title: gvfsd memory leak -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs