osysmond.bin

Bug 15998768  memory leaking for osysmond.bin

 This note gives a brief overview of bug 15998768. 
 The content was last updated on: 15-APR-2014
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Affects:

Product (Component)	Oracle Server (PCW)
Range of versions believed to be affected	Versions BELOW 12.1
Versions confirmed as being affected	11.2.0.3 11.2.0.2
Platforms affected	Generic (all / most platforms affected)

Fixed:

The fix for 15998768 is first included in

12.1.0.1 (Base Release) 11.2.0.4 (Server Patch Set) 11.2.0.3.7 Grid Infrastructure Patch Set Update (GI PSU) 11.2.0.3 Patch 22 on Windows Platforms

Interim patches may be available for earlier versions - click here to check.

Symptoms:	Related To:
(None Specified)	Cluster Ready Services / Parallel Server Management

Description

osysmond cpu usage is growing over time.
 
Rediscovery Notes
svsmon may show "Inuse" increasing over period 
 
                                 Command          Inuse
 Thu Dec  6 17:02:00 EST 2012  ==> osysmond.bin    473520
 Thu Dec  6 18:02:00 EST 2012  ==> osysmond.bin    473844
 Thu Dec  6 19:02:00 EST 2012  ==> osysmond.bin    473988    <<< 2280 Pages  
 Thu Dec  6 20:02:00 EST 2012  ==> osysmond.bin    476268    <<<  5656 Pages  
 
We can also see that the "Inuse" values of the "work text data BSS heap" segment are continually growing --
 
  Vsid             Esid  Type Description              PSize  Inuse   Pin Pgsp  Virtual
 111559b        12  work text data BSS heap          sm 160288     0 1932   162212    
 111559b        12  work text data BSS heap          sm 160604     0 1932   162528