<!-- Please read our Bug reporting guidelines before opening a bug: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bug_reporting_guidelines If you want to help catching more bugs upfront, consider joining the Arch Testing Team: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_Testing_Team --> # Description: There's a sudden increase in RAM usage with kernel 6.7, which sounds like a bug to me. Below is the output of the `free -h` command when starting my Xfce session with the linux 6.7.arch3-1 and linux-lts 6.6.12-1 kernels (which I'm now using because of this problem): ``` # linux 6.7.arch3-1 total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 3,4Gi 1,1Gi 2,1Gi 3,0Mi 541Mi 2,4Gi # linux-lts 6.6.12-1 total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 3,4Gi 762Mi 2,4Gi 3,1Mi 503Mi 2,7Gi ``` The difference is "only" 300Mi at startup, but then it gets worse over the course of the session, probably reaching 500-600Mi (at least), so that a small machine like this, still usable with the lts kernel and Xfce, starts to become really unusable with the non-lts kernel (basically, it's no longer possible to open even slightly imposing software like Thunderbird in addition to Firefox without exceeding 90% RAM usage). # Additional info: * package version(s): 6.7.arch3-1 * config and/or log files: * link to upstream bug report, if any: # Steps to reproduce: * Upgrade from linux 6.6.10.arch1-1 to 6.7.arch3-1 (or switch between linux and linux-lts) and compare RAM usage