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[James Hunt <1235649@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The problem is triggered by init/control.c:control_emit_event_emitted().
It looks like Upstart itself is clearing up memory, but either dbus
isn't, or upstart is missing a dbus unref call.

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Title:
  uevent spam causes session upstart to consume massive amounts of
  memory on Ubuntu Touch

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in “systemd” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “linux” source package in Saucy:
  Incomplete
Status in “systemd” source package in Saucy:
  New
Status in “upstart” source package in Saucy:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  using ubuntu touch image 82 i see the session init consume about 10MB per minute as long as the screen is on  with Mir.
  running the same session with surfaceflinger only consumes 1MB per minute.

  in both cases the system starts to swap heavily at some point, making
  the UI unresponsive.

  http://paste.ubuntu.com/6196223/ has the top output of a Mir session
  after 30min, the UI just got completely unresponsive when this
  snapshot was taken.

  http://paste.ubuntu.com/6196332/ is the top output of a surfaceflinger
  session where the screen was off for about 10min

  apparently the leak only occurs while the screen is on, it seems to be
  permanently there but in the case of surfaceflinger it hits less hard.

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