[asterisk-bugs] [Asterisk 0018515]: [patch] Asterisk produces many zombie processes while under load.

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https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=18515 
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Reported By:                ernied
Assigned To:                tilghman
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Project:                    Asterisk
Issue ID:                   18515
Category:                   Core/General
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     feedback
Asterisk Version:           1.6.2.15 
JIRA:                        
Regression:                 No 
Reviewboard Link:            
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases): N/A 
SVN Revision (number only!):  
Request Review:              
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Date Submitted:             2010-12-21 20:26 CST
Last Modified:              2010-12-30 15:36 CST
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Summary:                    [patch] Asterisk produces many zombie processes
while under load.
Description: 
Once under a non-trivial load (trivial being the 6 phones in our office
that we've been testing with for the past week, non-trivial being around a
hundred sip clients and about 7 or 8 simultaneous DAHDI calls), Asterisk
starts producing a high volume of zombie processes - say a few hundred a
minute. If left alone, this crashes the operating system within a few
hours, but not before calls start getting very flaky.


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 (0130061) ernied (reporter) - 2010-12-30 15:36
 https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=18515#c130061 
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Load is ramping up now as the new server is going live, and zombie
processes are basically being generated continuously, but get destroyed
when their number reaches 300.

This is better, but may not be optimal. Otherwise, we aren't getting a lot
of complaints about quality of service with the customers that are
connected to the new server, so I don't think there's anything to truly
complain about right now. 

Issue History 
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2010-12-30 15:36 ernied         Note Added: 0130061                          
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