[erlang-questions] gen_server message queue length increasing

[Zvi]

Hi,

I have a locally registered gen_server [1], which traping exits and
monitoring list of processes (which saved in ETS table in it's state).
The priority of this gen_server set to high.
We also use fullsweep_after = 0.
The only job of this gen_server is to spawn gen_servers of other type
and update ETS table with their pids.
The priority of a spawned gen_server process is normal.

For some reason the message queue length of this gen_server start
increasing, whith messages which supposedly should processed by
gen_server:handle_info/2 [2].
Any ideas?

[2]

(mynode@REDACTED)9> whereis(myserver).
<0.194.0>
(mynode@REDACTED)10> i(0,194,0).
[{registered_name,myserver},
 {current_function,{proc_lib,sync_wait,2}},
 {initial_call,{proc_lib,init_p,5}},
 {status,waiting},
 {message_queue_len,43388},
 {messages,[{'EXIT',<0.17263.1>,normal},
            {'DOWN',#Ref<0.0.220.23782>,process,<0.17263.1>,normal},
            {'EXIT',<0.19870.0>,normal},
            {'DOWN',#Ref<0.0.7.128134>,process,<0.19870.0>,normal},
            {'EXIT',<0.19945.0>,normal},
            {'DOWN',#Ref<0.0.7.183474>,process,<0.19945.0>,normal},
            {'EXIT',<0.19927.0>,normal},
            {'DOWN',#Ref<0.0.7.166242>,process,<0.19927.0>,normal},
            {'EXIT',<0.19847.0>,normal},
            {'DOWN',#Ref<0.0.7.119123>,process,<0.19847.0>,normal},
            {'EXIT',<0.19935.0>,normal},
            {'DOWN',#Ref<0.0.7.174779>,process,<0.19935.0>,normal},
            {'EXIT',<0.17267.1>,normal},
            {'DOWN',#Ref<0.0.220.24915>,process,<0.17267.1>,normal},
            {'EXIT',<0.19833.0>,normal},
            {'DOWN',#Ref<0.0.7.109092>,process,<0.19833.0>,normal},
            {'EXIT',<0.19895.0>,normal},
            {'DOWN',#Ref<0.0.7.135024>,process,...},
            {'EXIT',<0.19906.0>,...},
            {'DOWN',...},
            {...}|...]},
 {links,[<0.14463.0>,<0.1452.1>,<0.28537.1>,<0.6041.2>,
         <0.11523.2>,<0.13320.2>,<0.13691.2>,<0.14031.2>,<0.14312.2>,
         <0.14363.2>,<0.14502.2>,<0.14514.2>,<0.14518.2>,<0.14523.2>,
         <0.14516.2>,<0.14509.2>,<0.14512.2>,<0.14506.2>,<0.14471.2>,
         <0.14490.2>|...]},
 {dictionary,[{'$ancestors',[router_core_sup,router_sup,
                             <0.189.0>]},
              {'$initial_call',{myserver,init,1}}]},
 {trap_exit,true},
 {error_handler,error_handler},
 {priority,high},
 {group_leader,<0.188.0>},
 {total_heap_size,1346269},
 {heap_size,1346269},
 {stack_size,26},
 {reductions,3818768},
 {garbage_collection,[{min_bin_vheap_size,46368},
                      {min_heap_size,233},
                      {fullsweep_after,0},
                      {minor_gcs,0}]},
 {suspending,[]}]

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[1]

-module(myserver).
-behaviour(gen_server).

...

handle_info({'EXIT', Pid, _}, State) ->
	delete_by_pid(Pid, State),
    {noreply, State};

handle_info({'DOWN', _, process, Pid, _}, State) ->
	delete_by_pid(Pid, State),
    {noreply, State};

handle_info(Info, State) ->
    {stop, {unknown_info, Info}, State}.