sosreport command consumes much memory then it leads OOM in the worst case.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • sosreport command consumes much memory then it leads OOM in the worst case. The issue is frequently observed in long running system or high log volume in journalctl.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16
  • sos

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