Normal - Without Patch
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VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
593m 302m  33m S  0.0 30.1   0:52.66 mythfrontend

With Patch
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VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
435m 143m  33m S  0.0 14.3   0:04.54 mythfrontend