Libvirt memory leak with SR-IOV network interfaces

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • libvirt is leaking memory
  • RSS memory gradually increasing over time for libvirtd process

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    • PCI devices with SR-IOV Virtual Functions
    • libvirt-4.5.0-10.el7_6.10.x86_64
    • libvirt-4.5.0-23.el7_7.3.x86_64

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