[collectd] possible memory leak?

Kimo Rosenbaum kimor79 at yahoo.com
Wed Aug 18 23:41:46 CEST 2010


> When I noticed that  some network packets were dropped, I raised the

> receive buffer size (and  limit) using sysctl. Strangely enough, this
> stopped not only packets being  dropped, but also the memory growth. I
> still have to find an explanation as  to why.
> 
> It'd be awesome if you could give it a shot and give me some  feedback if
> you observer any changes. Also, your exact kernel version would  be
> interesting.

I haven't noticed any dropped packets but I'll raise the receive buffers and let 
you know what happens. This is FreeBSD so there isn't exactly a kernel version. 
But our install is pretty much 8.0-RELEASE.

Thanks
Kimo




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