| Summary: | [rhel7.1.z] Backport memory leak bug fixes | ||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Reporter: | Marcel Kolaja <mkolaja> |
| Component: | systemd | Assignee: | systemd-maint |
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Frantisek Sumsal <fsumsal> |
| Severity: | urgent | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | urgent | ||
| Version: | 7.3 | CC: | bblaskov, chorn, fkrska, fsumsal, mmatsuya, msekleta, neil, systemd-maint-list, systemd-maint |
| Target Milestone: | rc | Keywords: | ZStream |
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | All | ||
| Whiteboard: | |||
| Fixed In Version: | systemd-208-20.el7_1.8 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix |
| Doc Text: |
Cause:
Memory used by array of string arguments was not freed.
Consequence:
systemd's resident memory usage was growing over time. Bug was especially visible on systems with many users logging in and out.
Fix:
Memory occupied by string array is now freed.
Result:
systemd's resident memory usage in no longer increasing due to this bug.
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Story Points: | --- |
| Clone Of: | 1331667 | Environment: | |
| Last Closed: | 2016-10-04 18:57:55 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
| Bug Depends On: | 1331667 | ||
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Description
Marcel Kolaja
2016-08-19 08:31:29 UTC
Due to the extent of systemd and our internal test suite, the next RHEL 7.1.z batch update (which is tomorrow) is really out of scope for us. If the customer needs a supported fix ASAP, the only way is to request a hotfix. Thank you for your understanding. Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-1998.html |