Symptom
IE-9320 switch experiencing high platform memory utilization and may crash due to lack of memory. The process consuming memory significantly is timingd.
#show processes memory platform sorted
System memory: 4014172K total, 3666652K used, 347520K free,
Lowest: 344532K
Pid Text Data Stack Dynamic RSS Name
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6912 595 2377740 136 112 2377740 timingd
4037 215212 327908 136 20 327908 linux_iosd-imag
10202 175 113296 136 200 113296 fed main event
001105: Oct 5 2023 13:11:15.679: %PLATFORM-4-ELEMENT_WARNING: Switch 1 R0/0: smand: 1/RP/0: Used Memory value 91% exceeds warning level 90%. Top memory allocators are: Process: timingd_rp_0. Tracekey: 1#3071a0f5832aa9a3bca6d3ca182f181c Callsite ID: 619F6AA46BA08000 (diff_call: 1087230). Process: sessmgrd_rp_0. Tracekey: 1#b44ea4236894367b2d02919a82fdd3e1 Callsite ID: AA241D4DD8D38000 (diff_call: 12269). Process: linux_iosd-imag_rp_0. Tracekey: 1#584cb3ad6beaa220f91ede98d8eb0b19 Callsite ID: 48C950725EE4003 (diff_call: 6489).
Conditions
This has been seen on a IE-9320-26S2C switch running IOS-XE 17.09.02 so far
Workaround
The workaround is to proactively reload the switch before memory reaches 100% to prevent an unexpected reload. A reload will free up memory but this is a temporary fix.
Further Problem Description
IE-9320 switch experiencing high platform memory utilization and may crash due to lack of memory. The process consuming memory significantly is timingd.
