[Desire HD Android Development] Mustaavalkosta:
This seems rather unnecessary. Bootanimation memory use is stable for all I see.

1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
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1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26096 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
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1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
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1735 graphics 26548 R < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
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1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
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1735 graphics 26096 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
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1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
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1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26096 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
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1735 graphics 26096 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
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1735 graphics 26096 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
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1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26096 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
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1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
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1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
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1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26096 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26096 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26096 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26096 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26096 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
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1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
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1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26096 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
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1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
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1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26096 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26096 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26096 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26096 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26096 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26548 S < /system/bin/bootanimation
1735 graphics 26096 S < /system/bin/bootanimation

It has been also noted to work as intended (favoring less CPU cycles by using a little more RAM for image caching) in both AOSP bug report and CM code review. Any huge memory usage seems to be device specific issue and ace doesn't seem to be one of those devices as above result suggests.