[OpenSIPS-Users] Memory leak

[Schneur Rosenberg]

I just noticed that process 88 runs the timer handler, perhaps this
might shed light on whats going on.

opensipsctl fifo ps
Process::  ID=88 PID=5327 Type=Timer handler

On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 10:55 AM Schneur Rosenberg
<rosenberg11219 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Now a few hours later this is what I'm getting
> Dec  8 09:50:13 /sbin/opensips[21699]: ERROR:nathelper:nh_timer: out
> of pkg memory
> Dec  8 09:50:16 /sbin/opensips[21699]: WARNING:core:fm_malloc: not
> enough continuous free pkg memory (3024 bytes left, need 5128),
> attempting defragmentation... please increase the "-M" command line
> parameter!
> Dec  8 09:50:16 /sbin/opensips[21699]: ERROR:core:fm_malloc: not
> enough free pkg memory (3024 bytes left, need 5128), please increase
> the "-M" command line parameter!
>
> Here is the last 20 package memory max_used_size
> pkmem:70-max_used_size:: 1009584
> pkmem:71-max_used_size:: 1009584
> pkmem:72-max_used_size:: 1009584
> pkmem:73-max_used_size:: 1009584
> pkmem:74-max_used_size:: 1009584
> pkmem:75-max_used_size:: 1009584
> pkmem:76-max_used_size:: 1009584
> pkmem:77-max_used_size:: 1009584
> pkmem:78-max_used_size:: 1009584
> pkmem:79-max_used_size:: 1009584
> pkmem:80-max_used_size:: 1044752
> pkmem:81-max_used_size:: 1075552
> pkmem:82-max_used_size:: 1116848
> pkmem:83-max_used_size:: 1117456
> pkmem:84-max_used_size:: 1102640
> pkmem:85-max_used_size:: 1306992
> pkmem:86-max_used_size:: 1706304
> pkmem:87-max_used_size:: 2507000
> pkmem:88-max_used_size:: 4194264
> pkmem:89-max_used_size:: 1009584
>
> And here is the real used size, you can see that process 88 maxed out
> pkmem:69-real_used_size:: 975528
> pkmem:70-real_used_size:: 978016
> pkmem:71-real_used_size:: 989592
> pkmem:72-real_used_size:: 951416
> pkmem:73-real_used_size:: 982496
> pkmem:74-real_used_size:: 965744
> pkmem:75-real_used_size:: 959424
> pkmem:76-real_used_size:: 949472
> pkmem:77-real_used_size:: 983080
> pkmem:78-real_used_size:: 961400
> pkmem:79-real_used_size:: 977808
> pkmem:80-real_used_size:: 978928
> pkmem:81-real_used_size:: 1009936
> pkmem:82-real_used_size:: 1110760
> pkmem:83-real_used_size:: 1116720
> pkmem:84-real_used_size:: 1096568
> pkmem:85-real_used_size:: 1300592
> pkmem:86-real_used_size:: 1699648
> pkmem:87-real_used_size:: 2501096
> pkmem:88-real_used_size:: 4191280
> pkmem:89-real_used_size:: 882528
>
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 7:53 PM Schneur Rosenberg
> <rosenberg11219 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, lately I'm getting  these errors in my logs.
> >
> > ERROR:core:fm_malloc: not enough free pkg memory (1792 bytes left,
> > need 2184), please increase the "-M" command line para
> > meter!
> >
> > CRITICAL:core:hostent_cpy: pkg memory allocation failure
> >
> > ERROR:nathelper:nh_timer: out of pkg memory
> >
> > ERROR:core:fm_malloc: not enough free pkg memory (5952 bytes left,
> > need 5408), please increase the "-M" command line para
> > meter!
> >
> > I was on version 2.4.8 and I upgraded to 2.4.11 and I'm monitoring the
> > max_used_size of the package memory, a few hours later I see that 2
> > processes keep on getting bigger, so far the rest are pretty stable, I
> > have 90 processes and 87 and 88 are growing.
> >
> > here you can see the last few processes, OpenSIPS set aside 4 mb per process.
> >
> > pkmem:80-max_used_size:: 1009584
> > pkmem:81-max_used_size:: 1009584
> > pkmem:82-max_used_size:: 1009584
> > pkmem:83-max_used_size:: 1009584
> > pkmem:84-max_used_size:: 1009584
> > pkmem:85-max_used_size:: 1009584
> > pkmem:86-max_used_size:: 1143608
> > pkmem:87-max_used_size:: 1323256
> > pkmem:88-max_used_size:: 1831928
> > pkmem:89-max_used_size:: 1009584
> >
> > Any hints where to start looking besides the solutions fund here.
> >
> > https://www.opensips.org/Documentation/TroubleShooting-OutOfMem
> >
> > thank you
> > Scott