Some Statistics Channel Cache Memory Stats either at 0 or accumulating

Petr Špaček pspacek at isc.org
Wed Oct 2 07:52:08 UTC 2024


On 30. 09. 24 22:35, Jason Creviston wrote:
> I've noticed TreeMemTotal seems to be ever-increasing, while TreeMemMax 
> and HeapMemMax remain at 0. I didn't find any related fixes in the newer 
> versions of 9.18, 9.20, or 9.21.
> 
> Just started keeping track of stats via the JSON API. Running BIND 
> 9.18.28 on Ubuntu 22.04.

In short, most of the memory statistics are undocumented, 
version-dependent, things for debugging.

Look only at "inuse" values which reflect BIND's view of how much memory 
we actually use and you can safely ignore the rest.

I hope it helps.

-- 
Petr Špaček
Internet Systems Consortium


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