Tag: Inotify

  • How do we know if Kubelet leaks Inotify watchers

    How do we know if Kubelet leaks Inotify watchers

    Kubelet as the node agent of Kubernetes OSS, always needs to monitor paths. Using Inotify to do so, Kubelet exposes to possibility of leaking of Inotify watchers. In recent, I observed a case where the Kubelet was hung for enormous Inotify usage. This Post briefly discussed how I debug the process and locate the problem.…