[systemd-devel] [systemd memory-leak] leak in systemd version 195

[Shekhar arya]

Thanks. I will check it.

On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 10:09 PM, Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 23, 2017, 18:30 Shekhar arya <shadowcat.arya at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I am using systemd v195. With normal system operation, there is a little
>> increase in the system's memory. But, when I run certain commands to get
>> big files over ssh every 30 minutes, I see that the system go unresponsive
>> after 3 days. Further analysis led to the root cause of the issue as
>> systemd memory leak. There is an increase of around ~200MB in the VM. This
>> increase is contributed by ~44MB in heap and ~160MB in certain section of
>> the systemd which I am not sure.
>>
>
> v195 is five years old, already on the far end of "unsupported". It's
> likely that the leak has been fixed long ago. If you absolutely cannot
> upgrade, see if you can find something relevant in post-v195 commit logs.
>
> My only guess is that each connection results in a new unit (maybe a
> .scope, or an instance of user at .service, or... whatever existed back
> then) and those are not properly garbage-collected later.
>
> --
>
> Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity at gmail.com>
> Sent from my phone
>



-- 
regards,
 - Shekhar
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