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Bug 1340486

Summary:	Memory leak introduced by modesetting double-shadow patch
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Marcel Kolaja <mkolaja>
Component:	xorg-x11-server	Assignee:	Adam Jackson <ajax>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
Severity:	urgent	Docs Contact:
Priority:	urgent
Version:	7.2	CC:	ajax, alanm, chorn, desktop-qa-list, dkochuka, martin.wilck, moshiro, tpelka, yamamoto-hiroshi2, yoguma
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	OtherQA, Regression, ZStream
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:	xorg-x11-server-1.17.2-10.1.el7_2	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: Due to a bug, when using the double-buffered shadow framebuffer mode, every screen update would leak memory. Consequence: X server memory usage would grow without bound, and eventually crash. Fix: The memory is appropriately freed. Result: Double-buffered shadow framebuffer mode is now stable.	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:	1306323	Environment:
Last Closed:	2016-11-09 17:11:38 UTC	Type:	---
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---	CRM:
Verified Versions:		Category:	---
oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On:	1306323
Bug Blocks:	1364088

Description Marcel Kolaja 2016-05-27 14:08:43 UTC

This bug has been copied from bug #1306323 and has been proposed
to be backported to 7.2 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 5 gtl-orix 2016-07-01 07:03:35 UTC

When would it be released by Errata?

A memory is consuming in quantities at the time of monitor use of a HP server (mgag200).

I'm quite in trouble about this bug. Please help.

Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-09 17:11:38 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-2677.html