Please help collect information on your nodes

The AREDN firmware currently has workaround logic to clean up 'zombie' processes due to defects in ether linux or a program called 'iw" (a program AREDN frequently uses to obtain information about the RF link).    This logic detects a stuck or zombie process that does not properly terminate when expected and is not freeing up RAM and other resources.    It is possible that upgrades to linux and 'iw' in recent AREDN releases have resolved the root cause defects.   To know, we can check to see if this logic is still triggering to kill these stuck processes.  If it is no longer doing anything, then we can remove this logic in a future release.

Please take a look at your mesh nodes that have been running for extended timeframe (well, more than a week or so.).  Specifically look for a file called /tmp/zombie.log .   Does this file exist?   A 'no' is meaningful information to pass back.  If  a 'yes', please attach this file to your response or send to  ae6xe at arrl dot net.   My tower nodes do not have any 'hits' (/tmp/zombie.log does not exist) demonstrating that this logic is not needed at my sites.  What about your site?

Joe AE6XE