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Failed to call mallctl with metrics and jemalloc (version 1) enabled
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Description
This issue has been migrated from [#10731](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10731).
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### Description
My logs are full of the following warnings
```
2021-08-31 22:02:23,539 - synapse.metrics.jemalloc - 176 - WARNING - sentinel - Failed to read jemalloc stats.resident: Failed to call mallctl
2021-08-31 22:02:23,539 - synapse.metrics.jemalloc - 176 - WARNING - sentinel - Failed to read jemalloc stats.metadata: Failed to call mallctl
```
### Steps to reproduce
- enable jemalloc by setting the environment variable e.g. `LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjemalloc.so.1`
- enable metrics collection
The server and metrics appear to still be working properly so I'm not sure what the impact of this warning is.
### Version information
- **Homeserver**: Other
If not matrix.org:
- **Version**: 1.41.1
- **Install method**: matrix.org Debian package repository
- **Platform**:
OS: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
Virtualized: Yes
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start at the synapse.metrics.jemalloc entry point named in the warnings and reproduce with metrics enabled and LD_PRELOAD set to libjemalloc.so.1. Compare the handling of failed mallctl calls for stats.resident and stats.metadata; done means the warnings are addressed without disrupting the server or metrics collection.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend, observability
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100