[asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 produces *many* zombie processes on Debian.

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Monday 20 December 2010 14:39:36 Ernie Dunbar wrote:
> We have an issue with our Asterisk install where Asterisk produces many
> Zombie processes (on the order of several hundred per minute) until
> either the Asterisk server is restarted (and the zombies die a natural
> death), or the kernel runs out of PID space (happens within hours) and
> brings the system to a halt.
> 
> This problem only happens when the server is under some non-trivial
> load. We were testing this server with 8 SCCP phones, making up to five
> simultaneous calls through the DAHDI interface (a Digium Wildcard
> TE410P/TE405P (1st Gen)). Once our customers (nearly all SIP clients)
> start logging on and we get around 7 or 8 simultaneous DAHDI calls,
> Asterisk starts producing zombie processes at a high rate.

I know what the issue is.  Please open a report on
https://issues.asterisk.org and I'll get a patch uploaded pronto.

-- 
Tilghman