Bug 449965

Summary:	Dolphin fills up RAM if there's no preview limited size cap
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	cvzalez
Component:	view-engine: icons mode	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	kfm-devel
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	21.12.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Dolphin fills up RAM if there's no preview limited size cap

Description cvzalez 2022-02-10 19:27:38 UTC

Created attachment 146549 [details]
Dolphin fills up RAM if there's no preview limited size cap

SUMMARY
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Select "unlimited file size for previews"
2. Some files like PDFs seems to make Dolphin RAM usage grow in several gigabytes.
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
System unresposive (low on RAM)

EXPECTED RESULT

Should not happen,  problem goes away if a Preview Max Size is defined in the preferences.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.90
Qt Version: 5.15.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION