Quoting Eric Blake (eblake@xxxxxxxxxx): > On 07/26/2013 10:09 AM, Serge Hallyn wrote: > > Quoting Serge Hallyn (serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxx): > >> Hi, > >> > >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/1201938 documents > >> a memory leak we're seeing in libvirt. I've reproduced it in 1.0.2, > >> 1.0.6, and an hourly snapshot from yesterday morning (which is built > >> at https://launchpad.net/~serge-hallyn/+archive/libvirt-mav) > >> > >> To reproduce it, I define and start one domain and run virt-manager > >> locally (just leaving it running in a vnc server). The RSS as observed > >> by top grows over time, starting at 10M and becoming 87M in about 12 > >> hours. > >> > >> When I stop the running vm, the memleak does seem to stop. Presumably > >> having >1 domain would speed up the memleak (explaining the original > >> bug reporter's woes) > > > > No, the memory leak did not stop altogether with the VM stopped. Since > > sending that email RSS has gone up by about 2M. > > We recently found a memory leak bug in netcf that impacts debian-based > builds but not Fedora-based builds. Does your issue go away once you > pick up that fix? > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/netcf-devel/2013-August/000844.html Yup - well, the original reporter says there remains a very slow leak, but I've not reproduced that one yet. The netcf one was definately responsible for the major leak. thanks! -serge -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list