> We have observed what we believe to be a memory leak in OpenLDAP 2.4.18 in > testing > while dynlist support. We have a script that randomly expands the member > lists > > of groups defined using dynlist. Running this script for a period of > about 24 > hours forces the slapd process to swap. > > It is not clear at all that dynlist is the problem because we were not > able to > see the problem with our test script until we surrounded each query with a > bind/unbind. (At least we didn't wait long enough to see it.) All > queries > perform GSSAPI binds to the directory. The problem is unaffected by using > either the MIT or Heimdal GSSAPI libraries. > > Our build of OpenLDAP 2.4.18 follows the debian configuration with the > exceptions: > * Patch for ITS6287 > * Patch for ITS6308 > * Patch to the index slots > * disable support for tcp_wrappers and disable rlookups > > The details of software versions, build options, slapd configuration, > scripts, > db_stat output and testing procedures are at > http://www.stanford.edu/~whm/files/slapd/readme.html.
Apparently, accessing that URL requires a valid account. In any case, you should run slapd under valgrind for a while, in order to locate the leak. p.
