[syslog-ng] massive memory leak

John syslog-ng@moe.co.uk
Wed, 28 Jun 2000 14:51:21 +0100


> Obviously some kind of significant memory leak.  According to the list
> archives, another poster put up a patch but he has not responded to my
> inquiries; I'm wondering if anyone else has patches or has used the
> patch posted not too long ago...or at least, perhaps someone could
> confirm that they also must restart the syslog-ng process daily to
> combat memory leakage.

I tend to restart the syslog-ng when ever it starts using over 35% CPU.
I find that when the usage is that high it doesn't log at all, if so just
the occasional log.

If I leave it, it ends up using 99% :-(  I don't think it's my syslog-ng.conf
that's doing it as it's fairly generic.

Cheers,
John