[Dovecot] fd leak in 1.0rc7?

Quentin Garnier cube at cubidou.net
Mon Sep 4 02:26:09 EEST 2006


On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 01:23:55AM +0200, Quentin Garnier wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just upgraded a 0.99 installation to 1.0rc7 (going from mbox to
> maildir along the way, but that's another story), and I'm seeing a
> rather fast fd quick;  I already had to restart dovecot once, after a
> few hours.
> 
> What is leaked are pipes, left open on the master dovecot process while
> the other end is long gone.  I can't tell right now if it happens for
> every single login process spawned (either pop3 or imap), but at least
> a lot of them.
> 
> FWIW, I'm running dovecot 1.0rc7 on NetBSD 2.0.3_STABLE.  I'll try
> debugging tomorrow, but if anyone has an idea what happens in the
> meantime, I'm all hears.

... and LDAP authentication over a ldapi socket, in case it matters.

-- 
Quentin Garnier - cube at cubidou.net - cube at NetBSD.org
"When I find the controls, I'll go where I like, I'll know where I want
to be, but maybe for now I'll stay right here on a silent sea."
KT Tunstall, Silent Sea, Eye to the Telescope, 2004.
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