Description of problem: look at a running QEMU instance which has the --mem-path arg set, and it'll have an open handle to /proc/meminfo # lsof -p `pgrep qemu-kvm` | grep proc qemu-kvm 6667 qemu 7r REG 0,3 0 4026531986 /proc/meminfo The flaw is obvious in vl.c static int gethugepagesize(void) THis method opens /proc/meminfo, but leaks the FD never bothering to close it Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): qemu-0.10.6-1.fc11.i586 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
I backported this commit to fix it: http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/qemu-kvm.git;a=commitdiff;h=f1ac0931a1 * Fri Sep 4 2009 Mark McLoughlin <markmc> - 2:0.10.6-3 - Use statfs to determine huge page size, fixing fd leak (#519378)
qemu-0.10.6-4.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/qemu-0.10.6-4.fc11
qemu-0.10.6-4.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update qemu'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F11/FEDORA-2009-9377
qemu-0.10.6-4.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.