[ovs-discuss] ovs-vswitchd memory consumption behavior

[Ben Pfaff]

On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 10:00:46PM +0000, Fernando Casas Schössow wrote:
> Indeed OVS is logging memory usage. As you can see after running for around 4 months OVS memory usage grows as high as 15GB.:
...
> Let me know if any other log information or command output can help to understand what's going on here.

It looks like a memory leak to me.

Debugging this kind of memory leak usually requires an experienced
developer.  I can outline suggestions that such a developer could
follow.  Is there anyone available at your site (you, or someone else)?