Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 01:50:06 GMT From: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/97326: [linux] file descriptor leakage in linux emulation Message-ID: <200706010150.l511o6aj042995@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/97326; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> To: Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/97326: [linux] file descriptor leakage in linux emulation Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 18:23:55 -0700 > > The original behaviour was believed to have been fixed in > src/sys/compat/linux/linux_stats.c version 1.83 > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-emulation/2006-May/002122.html > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-emulation/2006-May/002127.html > > After the request for feedback (after the above messages), the following > response was sent but seemingly never made it to PR trail > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2006-September/020014.html > > "I do not see the original behavoir but I do see a slow leak > in skype. Every time a call is made (for example to the > skype testing service) it leaks 10 to 15 descriptors to > /dev/mixer0 + some more. About 75% opens are to /dev/mixer0. > Still think this is an emulation problem not skype's. > > firefox etc. also seem to keep far too many files open. For > example firefox has 500+ open descriptors) with 4 tabbed > windows open. But in my limited testing can't tell if there > is a leak. > > I am running linux_base-fc-4_7 on a one month old > freebsd-current." Sorry, somehow I missed your email originally and found it today by chance. I tested it with skype and there is still a leak of 10 descriptors each time the skype testing service is called. All of the additional open file descriptors are opens to /dev/mixer0. Now I am running linux_base-fc-4_9. I suspect the bug is in the emulation layer. To test you will need a skype account. Then fire it up, call skype testing service and the the whole transaction finish. Wait for another 3 minutes or so as some descriptors take a while to close. Then do lsof |grep skype > file1 now call it again. Wait for another 3 minutes or so and do lsof |grep skype > file2 file2 will have 10 more lines than file1. If you grep for mixer0, you will see 10 more lines in file2 than in file1.home | help
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