>Synopsis: Possible memory leak in dhclient program
>Category: system
>Environment:
System : OpenBSD 5.6
Details : OpenBSD 5.6-stable (GENERIC.MP) #0: Thu Jan 15 17:43:09
CET 2015
[email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
Architecture: OpenBSD.amd64
Machine : amd64
>Description:
Watching the memory size (ps -v or top) of the dhclient proces (user
_dhcp)
shows that it increases over time. It is very visible that the used
memory increases
(nearly) every time when waking up after waiting the renewal time.
The memory leakage is not huge: about 4 kilobytes per renewal action.
Only when the DHCP server is configured to use very small values for
lease-time
and renewal time, the leakage becomes a practical problem, but there is
no reason
found yet to believe the leakage is not occuring with higher lease time
values.
In my personal case my WAN provider configured a lease time of only 2
minutes.
More info...
Initial discussion:
https://plus.google.com/103502519278004437108/posts/6CSRsX9wxWt
Request for info from other people, which proves I am not the only one:
https://plus.google.com/103502519278004437108/posts/fKANHvhm1Dg
>How-To-Repeat:
1. Connect a standard OpenBSD host to a network using DHCP for its IP
address
2. If possible configure the DHCP server to use low lease-time values:
e.g. lease-time: 120 seconds,
rebinding-time: 105 seconds,
renewal-time: 60 seconds.
3. Whatch the memory size of the dhclient proces. e.g. use a ksh
command on
root terminal:
# while true; do
> ps -v -p <pid>
> sleep 5
> done
The 5 seconds sleep should be adjusted depending on renewal time.
In this example I have 12 samples per renewal period.
>Fix:
Fix yet unknown.
Should investigate the dhclient software how/when malloc() take place.
# cat dhclient.leases.em2
lease {
interface "em2";
fixed-address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
next-server 0.0.0.0;
option subnet-mask 255.255.254.0;
option routers xxx.xxx.xxx.x;
option domain-name-servers xx.xxx.x.xxx,xx.xxx.x.xxx;
option broadcast-address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
option dhcp-lease-time 120;
option dhcp-message-type 5;
option dhcp-server-identifier xxx.xxx.xxx.x;
option dhcp-renewal-time 60;
option dhcp-rebinding-time 105;
option dhcp-client-identifier 1:0:c:29:e5:31:94;
option option-212 10:28:2a:1:6:70:6a:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:58:9f:1:10;
renew 4 2015/01/29 22:43:49 UTC;
rebind 4 2015/01/29 22:44:34 UTC;
expire 4 2015/01/29 22:44:49 UTC;
}
# ps uaxw | head -1; ps uaxw | grep dhcp | grep -v grep
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TT STAT STARTED TIME COMMAND
_dhcp 29922 0.0 0.6 23984 1584 ?? Ss Sun09PM 0:07.21 dhclient: em2
(dhclient)
dmesg:
OpenBSD 5.6-stable (GENERIC.MP) #0: Thu Jan 15 17:43:09 CET 2015
[email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
real mem = 251592704 (239MB)
avail mem = 236228608 (225MB)
mpath0 at root
scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe0010 (364 entries)
bios0: vendor Phoenix Technologies LTD version "6.00" date 07/30/2013
bios0: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform
acpi0 at bios0: rev 2
acpi0: sleep states S0 S1 S4 S5
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP BOOT APIC MCFG SRAT HPET WAET
acpi0: wakeup devices PCI0(S3) USB_(S1) P2P0(S3) S1F0(S3) S2F0(S3) S3F0(S3)
S4F0(S3) S5F0(S3) S6F0(S3) S7F0(S3) S8F0(S3) S9F0(S3) S10F(S3) S11F(S3)
S12F(S3) S13F(S3) [...]
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3430 @ 2.40GHz, 2393.77 MHz
cpu0:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,SSE3,SSSE3,CX16,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,POPCNT,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC
cpu0: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 8 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges
cpu0: apic clock running at 65MHz
cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor)
cpu1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3430 @ 2.40GHz, 2393.96 MHz
cpu1:
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,SSE3,SSSE3,CX16,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,POPCNT,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC
cpu1: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
cpu1: smt 0, core 0, package 2
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 11, 24 pins
acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xf0000000, bus 0-127
acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
acpicpu0 at acpi0
acpicpu1 at acpi0
acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT1 not present
acpibat1 at acpi0: BAT2 not present
acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online
acpibtn0 at acpi0: SLPB
acpibtn1 at acpi0: LID_
vmt0 at mainbus0
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x01
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x01
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x08
pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0
configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility
pciide0: channel 0 disabled (no drives)
atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0
scsibus1 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
cd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <NECVMWar, VMware IDE CDR10, 1.00> ATAPI 5/cdrom
removable
cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2
piixpm0 at pci0 dev 7 function 3 "Intel 82371AB Power" rev 0x08: SMBus disabled
"VMware VMCI" rev 0x10 at pci0 dev 7 function 7 not configured
vga1 at pci0 dev 15 function 0 "VMware SVGA II" rev 0x00
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
mpi0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "Symbios Logic 53c1030" rev 0x01: apic 2 int 17
mpi0: 0, firmware 1.3.41.32
scsibus2 at mpi0: 16 targets, initiator 7
sd0 at scsibus2 targ 0 lun 0: <VMware, Virtual disk, 1.0> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd0: 8192MB, 512 bytes/sector, 16777216 sectors
mpi0: target 0 Sync at 160MHz width 16bit offset 127 QAS 1 DT 1 IU 1
ppb1 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "VMware PCI" rev 0x02
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
em0 at pci2 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82545EM" rev 0x01: apic 2 int 19, address
00:0c:29:e5:31:80
em1 at pci2 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82545EM" rev 0x01: apic 2 int 16, address
00:0c:29:e5:31:8a
em2 at pci2 dev 3 function 0 "Intel 82545EM" rev 0x01: apic 2 int 17, address
00:0c:29:e5:31:94
em3 at pci2 dev 4 function 0 "Intel 82545EM" rev 0x01: apic 2 int 18, address
00:0c:29:e5:31:9e
ppb2 at pci0 dev 21 function 0 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci3 at ppb2 bus 3
ppb3 at pci0 dev 21 function 1 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci4 at ppb3 bus 4
ppb4 at pci0 dev 21 function 2 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci5 at ppb4 bus 5
ppb5 at pci0 dev 21 function 3 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci6 at ppb5 bus 6
ppb6 at pci0 dev 21 function 4 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci7 at ppb6 bus 7
ppb7 at pci0 dev 21 function 5 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci8 at ppb7 bus 8
ppb8 at pci0 dev 21 function 6 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci9 at ppb8 bus 9
ppb9 at pci0 dev 21 function 7 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci10 at ppb9 bus 10
ppb10 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci11 at ppb10 bus 11
ppb11 at pci0 dev 22 function 1 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci12 at ppb11 bus 12
ppb12 at pci0 dev 22 function 2 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci13 at ppb12 bus 13
ppb13 at pci0 dev 22 function 3 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci14 at ppb13 bus 14
ppb14 at pci0 dev 22 function 4 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci15 at ppb14 bus 15
ppb15 at pci0 dev 22 function 5 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci16 at ppb15 bus 16
ppb16 at pci0 dev 22 function 6 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci17 at ppb16 bus 17
ppb17 at pci0 dev 22 function 7 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci18 at ppb17 bus 18
ppb18 at pci0 dev 23 function 0 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci19 at ppb18 bus 19
ppb19 at pci0 dev 23 function 1 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci20 at ppb19 bus 20
ppb20 at pci0 dev 23 function 2 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci21 at ppb20 bus 21
ppb21 at pci0 dev 23 function 3 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci22 at ppb21 bus 22
ppb22 at pci0 dev 23 function 4 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci23 at ppb22 bus 23
ppb23 at pci0 dev 23 function 5 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci24 at ppb23 bus 24
ppb24 at pci0 dev 23 function 6 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci25 at ppb24 bus 25
ppb25 at pci0 dev 23 function 7 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci26 at ppb25 bus 26
ppb26 at pci0 dev 24 function 0 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci27 at ppb26 bus 27
ppb27 at pci0 dev 24 function 1 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci28 at ppb27 bus 28
ppb28 at pci0 dev 24 function 2 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci29 at ppb28 bus 29
ppb29 at pci0 dev 24 function 3 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci30 at ppb29 bus 30
ppb30 at pci0 dev 24 function 4 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci31 at ppb30 bus 31
ppb31 at pci0 dev 24 function 5 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci32 at ppb31 bus 32
ppb32 at pci0 dev 24 function 6 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci33 at ppb32 bus 33
ppb33 at pci0 dev 24 function 7 "VMware PCIE" rev 0x01
pci34 at ppb33 bus 34
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
spkr0 at pcppi0
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2
vscsi0 at root
scsibus3 at vscsi0: 256 targets
softraid0 at root
scsibus4 at softraid0: 256 targets
root on sd0a (8b7166cbab3bf5c2.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b
usbdevs:
usbdevs: no USB controllers found
