On 07/12/2016 11:58 AM, Todd Rinaldo wrote: > We keep metrics on our binaries with respect to how much memory > they take up at startup time. So for instance if you run ./a.pl > --basemem, it grabs the VmRSS value out of /proc/$$/status and > exits. > > When we added Red Hat 7 support to our product, we noticed that > this value was VERY unstable. After much poking, I accidentally > discovered that this was a side effect of having selinux enabled > when doing the check. > > When I disable selinux in /etc/selinux/config and reboot, I found > that ./a.pl --basemem became much more stable. > > I am guessing something changed between Red Hat 6 and 7 which > caused libselinux to map differently into the address space. I'm > however not ruling out a libc change. Can anyone shed light on this > or point me to something that would indicate why? For reference, > this is libselinux 2.2.2 vs 2.0.94. Can you provide more details, e.g a reproducer without needing your particular binaries or a.pl? _______________________________________________ Selinux mailing list Selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send email to Selinux-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. To get help, send an email containing "help" to Selinux-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.
