https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=502432
Bug ID: 502432
Summary: kdeplasma-addons comic git
e0e40e77be8989a303d6a9173d2bfcb39d3d6d47 sends
plasmashell into memory-eating loop before display
Classification: Plasma
Product: plasmashell
Version: master
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Comic widget
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: 1i5t5.dun...@cox.net
Target Milestone: 1.0
This is with git master frameworks and plasma, using the gentoo/kde project
overlay live ebuilds for that purpose. Qt 6.8.3 on Wayland (no x but
xwayland). After updating an hour or so ago kdeplasma-addons HEAD is
97a8e0a224e30ded9c223913abb60403a53a6ef5 which is still broken, while I've
bisected to (emails munged):
commit e0e40e77be8989a303d6a9173d2bfcb39d3d6d47
Author: Christoph Wolk <cwo.kde@>
AuthorDate: Sat Mar 22 07:39:26 2025 +0100
Commit: Christoph Wolk <cwo.kde@>
CommitDate: Tue Mar 25 14:39:33 2025 +0000
applets/comic: separate representations and use PlaceholderMessage
I have a comic plasmoid configured in a (left side) autohide panel (it's the
only applet in that panel, which is configured rather large to show the
comics). At that commit plasmashell goes into an endless loop before
displaying anything. It will slowly eat memory and an strace shows it
MADVISEing and allocating memory in a loop, while grabbing 100% CPU on one
hyperthread.
In case it matters, the comics I have configured are NASA APOD, Questionable
Content, and XKCD.
According to that git description, that commit is supposed to change the comic
layout. While I'm not a coder, what I'm wondering is if it can't handle the
old comic layout and needs an update script to convert it to something the new
code can handle.
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