Hi Derek, have a look at our upstream bug tracker -- the issue finally got solved :) New releases are being rolled out.
http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=194 Rainer > -----Original Message----- > From: Dererk [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 10:27 PM > To: Rainer Gerhards > Cc: Plamen Tonev; [email protected] > Subject: Bug#549168: RE: Bug#549168: rsyslog: consumes too much memory > > On -10/01/37 16:59, Rainer Gerhards wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Plamen Tonev [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 10:45 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Bug#549168: rsyslog: consumes too much memory > >> > >> I'm experiencing the same problem. The rsyslogd with gnutls enabled > and > >> 1-2 minutes after start it is starting to use 100% CPU usage - until > >> killed. It is some sort of infinite loop...the debug file is REALLY > >> big....and obviously > >> something is broken with rsyslog+gnutls. > >> I was thinking that it was some RBAC restrtiction with my grsec > kernel, > >> but I have compiled clean vanilla 2.6.36 kernel - and surprisingly - > it > >> takes 100% CPU even without grsecurity restrictions. > >> > > I am the rsyslog author. I just came across this very useful Debian > bug > > report. I am tracking this issue for some while now in rsyslog's > bugzilla > > under > > > > http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=194 > > > > A big problem is that I seem to be unable to reproduce the issue (but > I will > > retry with the configs posted here, however, the look extremely > similar to > > what I already use). > > > > Question now: would those of you who can reproduce it be willing to > test a > > special version that I modify so that it contains some more > instrumentation? > > > > >From what I have seen so far, it looks that for some reason GnuTLS > requires > > an operaton retry (something absolutely OK with TLS) but then seems > to be > > unable to finish it. That leads to a retry loop. But I have very > little > > insight into the situation and so any help is deeply appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Rainer > > > Hi Rainer, pleased to meet you and thanks for replying on this thread > :-) > > I can offer myself with a demo environment whenever you need it, > although I must say It's really pretty straight forward to reproduce, I > came across the same issue in two different times and completely > different environments. > > Just for the sake of any random sailor to arrive at this lands, It > would > be much helpful if you don't mind dropping the steps/links required for > you to debug. > > > Please do let me know if you need anything else I could provide you > with. > > > Cheers, > > Dererk > > -- > BOFH excuse #306: > CPU-angle has to be adjusted because of vibrations coming from the > nearby road >
