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For reference I've posted a related question to see if I can do some
more investigation myself here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/533052
/how-to-find-and-report-memory-leak

Meanwhile it seems to be shared memory that is leaking so I'm wondering
if it is actually a problem in the X Server or graphics driver?
(Although it's only drawing applications that seem to suffer from the
problem).

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Title:
  Awful memory leaks when using image editing software

Status in “gimp” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Whenever I use image editing software I the whole system basically
  grinds to a halt after a little use (not more than a few minutes
  normally).

  It doesn't make much difference which software I use - the problem
  happens with Gimp, Inkscape, Dia and Shutter (when editing the image).
  However the problem does not occur with LibreOffice Draw.

  Using htop I notice that the cache figure starts to increase very
  rapidly with every edit/brush stroke that I make, until it uses up the
  entire available memory and the entire swap partition. And
  understandably, with no free working memory left, the computer is
  completely unresponsive.

  This is quite a severe problem because it means that I can't use this
  computer for any image editing and if I make a mistake the whole
  computer will lockup and I could potentially lose unsaved data in
  other open applications.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: gimp 2.8.10-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon May 26 23:56:55 2014
  SourcePackage: gimp
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-19 (36 days ago)

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