[mythtv-users] mythbackend leaking file descriptors/sockets?

Joel mythtv at ebel.mybox.org
Sun Aug 30 07:21:17 UTC 2009


Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
> On 2009-08-26 08:19, Joel wrote:
>> For now I'll monitor the file descriptor usage over time and turn on
>> socket debugging on the backend to see what I come up with.
> 
> Did you also monitor the memory consumption of the machine as a whole
> and of the backend specifically?
> If your backend's memory consumption is not perpetually increasing and
> causing these slowdowns you may really have another 'leakage' on your hands.

I do not see a significant increase in memory usage.  Just in file 
descriptors.  mythbackend runs just fine for 42 hours until it hits the 
1024 fd limit.  Then it fails on anything that tries to open a new one.

Joel


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