On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 02:37:21PM +0700, Kamil Shakirov wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> > Synopsis:    Memory leak in dhclient(8) on OpenBSD-current
> > Category:    system
> > Environment:
>    System      : OpenBSD 6.2
>    Details     : OpenBSD 6.2-beta (GENERIC.MP) #59: Tue Aug 29 15:56:07 MDT 
> 2017
>             
> [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
> 
>    Architecture: OpenBSD.amd64
>    Machine     : amd64
> > Description:
>    On OpenBSD-current when a network interface is configured to use dhcp and 
> if it is
>    physically disconnected (e.g. cable is unplugged or WiFi hotspot is not 
> available)
>    than dhclient goes to "sleep" and starts to leak memory very rapidly.
>    This problem doesn't appear in OpenBSD 6.1.
> > How-To-Repeat:
>    Configure your /etc/hostname.if to use dhcp and make sure that this network
>    interface is not physically connected to the network.  Reboot and watch 
> dhclient's
>    memory leak with top(1) or htop(1).
> > Fix: Unknown
> 

Should now be fixed in -current.

.... Ken

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