looks like it would be leaking processes ... obs-arm-1:~ # uname -a Linux obs-arm-1 5.8.2-1-default #1 SMP Wed Aug 19 09:43:15 UTC 2020 (71b519a) aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux obs-arm-1:~ # cat /proc/loadavg 1050.90 1044.60 1034.32 45/1185 9618 obs-arm-1:~ # ps awux | wc -l 628 obs-arm-1:~ # pstree -apl | wc -l 530