nginx keep using more and more memory

[Saqib Rasul]

Hi,

thanks for the answer.

regarding your tip about proxy_buffers, i dont think its that because
i have disabled proxy_buffering.

I will try out my tests with 1.1 version of nginx and let you know.

regards,

Saqib

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Maxim Dounin <mdounin at mdounin.ru> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 07:01:01PM +0100, nginxlist at serverphorums.com wrote:
>
>> We are using nginx to proxy to 4 back end servers. And we
>> terminate SSL at nginx. We use nginx in a somewhat special way
>> in that we make 1 HTTP GET and the back-end servers give a very
>> very long (essentially never-ending) response.
>>
>> trouble is that i notice that the nginx worker processes keep
>> using up more and more memory. When the connections to nginx
>> terminate, everything seems to be cleaned up and the memory
>> usage of the worker processes drops to normal.
>
> [...]
>
>> i am running nginx/1.0.11
>
> Please try 1.1.x.  There is one known problem in 1.0.x which
> causes it to allocate about 2 pointers per buffer sent.  This is
> known to be noticeable in long-running response case.
>
> The problem was fixed in 1.1.4, but unfortunately it's impossible
> to merge the fix into 1.0.x due to required API change.
>
> Maxim Dounin
>
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