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Re: wired memory leak?



On Fri, 30 Oct 2026, Greg Troxel wrote:

I started logging wired memory pages and overnight exited firefox.  The
data is pretty clear: no firefox running and wired pages are stable;
with firefox running they grow, irregularly.


I don't think it's just Firefox. Wired usage increases by 10MB each time ESC is
pressed:

```
while :; do glxgears -fullscreen; sleep 1; done
```

This is on an Intel Ice Lake GT1 integrated GPU with the `modesetting' Xorg
driver. With the `wsfb' DDX, Firefox wired totals are stable (~9MB).

-RVP


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