Control domain memory leak issue on Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 with ixgbe driver version 5.5.2

Control domain memory leak issue on Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 with ixgbe driver version 5.5.2

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Article ID: CTX459741

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Description

When using intel NIC driver ixgbe version 5.5.2, OOM killer is killing XAPI process very frequently.

Resolution

Apply driver disk ixgbe 5.9.4 to fix the memory leak issue.

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX306529
Driver Disk for Intel ixgbe 5.9.4 - For Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 LTSR
 

Problem Cause

Memory leak issue occurred due to driver ixgbe 5.5.2 does not decrease reference count for XDP_REDIRECT action.

Additional Information

https://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg224770.html