Hi.
Exim 4.95 running on FreeBSD 12.3
Growing gradually kern.openfiles
# exim -bV
Exim version 4.95 #1 (FreeBSD 12.3) built 11-Jan-2022 08:36:14
Copyright (c) University of Cambridge, 1995 - 2018
(c) The Exim Maintainers and contributors in ACKNOWLEDGMENTS file, 2007
- 2020
Probably Berkeley DB version 1.8x (native mode)
Support for: iconv() use_setclassresources Expand_dlfunc OpenSSL
TLS_resume Content_Scanning DKIM DMARC PIPE_CONNECT
Experimental_Queue_Ramp SPF SRS TCP_Fast_Open Experimental_ARC
8418 - pid of exim main process.
# ps ax | grep exim
8418 - Ss 2:49,48 /usr/local/sbin/exim -bd -q5m
# fstat -p 8418
USER CMD PID FD MOUNT INUM MODE SZ|DV R/W
mailnull exim 8418 text / 1123592 -rwsr-xr-x 1339784 r
mailnull exim 8418 wd / 401303 drwxr-x--- 512 r
mailnull exim 8418 root / 2 drwxr-xr-x 1024 r
mailnull exim 8418 0
mailnull exim 8418 1 /dev 16 crw-rw-rw- null rw
mailnull exim 8418 2 /dev 16 crw-rw-rw- null rw
mailnull exim 8418 3* local dgram fffff80003ec0600
mailnull exim 8418 4* internet stream tcp fffff800183a97b0
mailnull exim 8418 5 / 1457089 drwxr-xr-x 512 r
mailnull exim 8418 6 / 1446342 -rw-r--r-- 5593 r
mailnull exim 8418 7 / 1457089 drwxr-xr-x 512 r
mailnull exim 8418 8 / 1446340 -rw-r--r-- 1675 r
mailnull exim 8418 9 / 722335 drwxr-xr-x 512 r
mailnull exim 8418 10 / 2327639 drwxr-xr-x 512 r
mailnull exim 8418 11 / 2327640 -rw-r--r-- 710164 r
mailnull exim 8418 12 / 722335 drwxr-xr-x 512 r
mailnull exim 8418 13 / 2327639 drwxr-xr-x 512 r
mailnull exim 8418 14 / 2327640 -rw-r--r-- 710164 r
mailnull exim 8418 15 / 722335 drwxr-xr-x 512 r
mailnull exim 8418 16 / 2327639 drwxr-xr-x 512 r
mailnull exim 8418 17 / 2327640 -rw-r--r-- 710164 r
mailnull exim 8418 18 / 722335 drwxr-xr-x 512 r
mailnull exim 8418 19 / 2327639 drwxr-xr-x 512 r
mailnull exim 8418 20 / 2327639 drwxr-xr-x 512 r
mailnull exim 8418 21 / 2327639 drwxr-xr-x 512 r
...
inum 2327639 - /usr/local/share/certs/
# fstat -p 8418 | grep 2327639 -c
2754
It's a bug?
Previous version 4.94.2 works fine.
P.S. output from lsof (installed from ports)
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE
SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
...
exim 23760 mailnull 2852r VDIR 0,85
512 2327639 /usr/local/share/certs
exim 23760 mailnull 2853r VDIR 0,85
512 2327639 /usr/local/share/certs
exim 23760 mailnull 2854r VDIR 0,85
512 2327639 /usr/local/share/certs
exim 23760 mailnull 2855r VDIR 0,85
512 2327639 /usr/local/share/certs
exim 23760 mailnull 2856r VDIR 0,85
512 2327639 /usr/local/share/certs
exim 23760 mailnull 2857r VDIR 0,85
512 2327639 /usr/local/share/certs
exim 23760 mailnull 2858r VDIR 0,85
512 2327639 /usr/local/share/certs
exim 23760 mailnull 2859r VDIR 0,85
512 2327639 /usr/local/share/certs
exim 23760 mailnull 2860r VDIR 0,85
512 2327639 /usr/local/share/certs
exim 23760 mailnull 2861r VDIR 0,85
512 2327639 /usr/local/share/certs
exim 23760 mailnull 2862r VDIR 0,85
512 2327639 /usr/local/share/certs
exim 23760 mailnull 2863r VDIR 0,85
512 2327639 /usr/local/share/certs
exim 23760 mailnull 2864r VDIR 0,85
512 2327639 /usr/local/share/certs