Bug ID 917605: Enabling APM debug logs can lead to leakage in file descriptors

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP APM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
13.1.3, 13.1.3.1, 13.1.3.2, 13.1.3.3, 13.1.3.4, 13.1.3.5, 13.1.3.6, 13.1.4, 13.1.4.1, 13.1.5, 13.1.5.1

Opened: Jun 15, 2020

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

Cannot accept/create new connections or run access policies. Messages like the following appear in APM logs: err apmd[8655]: 01490000:3: HTTPParser.cpp func: "readFromSocket()" line: 110 Msg: epoll_create() failed [Too many open files].

Impact

Apmd is unable to accept/create new connections and run access policies.

Conditions

Apm logs and enabled in debug mode.

Workaround

Restart apmd.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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