xfdesktop uses 30 GB!

[Albert Wagner]

recursion?
On 09/14/2017 05:23 AM, Ulli Horlacher wrote:
> (This is Xfce 4.12 on Xubuntu 16.04)
>
> My xfdesktop uses 30 GB!
>
> top - 12:21:25 up 10 days,  1:17, 21 users,  load average: 2.00, 2.02, 2.37
> Tasks: 366 total,   1 running, 364 sleeping,   1 stopped,   0 zombie
> %Cpu(s):  0.7 us,  2.2 sy,  0.0 ni, 84.6 id, 10.9 wa,  0.0 hi,  1.5 si,  0.0 st
> KiB Mem : 16255072 total,   172284 free, 15902716 used,   180072 buff/cache
> KiB Swap: 16777212 total,  2401388 free, 14375824 used.    42856 avail Mem
>
>    PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
>   7184 framstag  20   0 27.972g 0.014t    604 D  14.9 94.5  55:43.61 xfdesktop
>     
>
> $ strace -p 7184
> stat("/local/home/framstag/.local/share/applications/menus/applications/menus/.snapshot/2017-09-14_1100.hourly/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/.snapshot/2017-09-14_1000.hourly/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/.snapshot/2017-09-14_0904.single/applications/.snapshot/2017-09-08_1147.single/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/exo-mail-reader.desktop", 0x7ffcda546540) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> stat("/local/home/framstag/.local/share/applications/menus/applications/.snapshot/2017-09-14_1100.hourly/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/.snapshot/2017-09-14_0904.single/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/.snapshot/2017-09-08_1147.single/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menulibre-kill-xserver.desktop", 0x7ffcda546540) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> stat("/local/home/framstag/.local/share/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/.snapshot/2017-09-14_1100.hourly/menus/applications/.snapshot/2017-09-14_1000.hourly/menus/.snapshot/2017-09-14_0904.single/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/.snapshot/2017-09-08_1147.single/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/userapp-xv-WBAGUY.desktop", 0x7ffcda546540) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> stat("/local/home/framstag/.local/share/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/.snapshot/2017-09-14_1100.hourly/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/.snapshot/2017-09-14_1000.hourly/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/.snapshot/2017-09-14_0904.single/applications/menus/.snapshot/2017-09-08_1147.single/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menulibre-kill-xserver.desktop", 0x7ffcda546540) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> stat("/local/home/framstag/.local/share/applications/menus/applications/.snapshot/2017-09-14_1100.hourly/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/.snapshot/2017-09-14_1000.hourly/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/.snapshot/2017-09-14_0904.single/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/.snapshot/2017-09-08_1147.single/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menulibre-kill-xserver.desktop", 0x7ffcda546540) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> stat("/local/home/framstag/.local/share/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/.snapshot/2017-09-14_1100.hourly/menus/.snapshot/2017-09-14_1000.hourly/applications/menus/.snapshot/2017-09-14_0904.single/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/.snapshot/2017-09-08_1147.single/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menus/applications/menulibre-virtualbox.desktop", 0x7ffcda546540) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
>
> xfdesktop seems to get confused of the symbolic links in my
> ~/.local/share/applications/ directory:
>
> lrwxrwxrwx  root     root     - 2017-09-08 14:35:59 .snapshot/2017-09-08_1147.single -> /local/home/.snapshot/2017-09-08_1147.single/framstag/.local/share/applications
> lrwxrwxrwx  root     root     - 2017-09-14 09:04:56 .snapshot/2017-09-14_0904.single -> /local/home/.snapshot/2017-09-14_0904.single/framstag/.local/share/applications
> lrwxrwxrwx  root     root     - 2017-09-14 09:28:19 .snapshot/2017-09-14_0928.single -> /local/home/.snapshot/2017-09-14_0928.single/framstag/.local/share/applications
> lrwxrwxrwx  root     root     - 2017-09-14 10:00:03 .snapshot/2017-09-14_1000.hourly -> /local/home/.snapshot/2017-09-14_1000.hourly/framstag/.local/share/applications
> lrwxrwxrwx  framstag users    - 2016-11-02 19:16:09 menus -> ../../../.config/menus
>
> I have created the "menus" symlink manually (for easy directory
> navigation), I can delete it, but the .snapshot subdirectory links are
> created automatically by the btrfs snaprotate cronjob.
>
> ==> (How) can I tell xfdesktop to ignore symlinks?!
>