That by itself should be fine. I would, however, write the above snippet as something more like: 
my $tmp_log = ($Output{host} ||= []);
push @$tmp_log, $data;
if (10 < @$tmp_log) {
  shift @$tmp_log;
}

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However I have to wonder at your data structure. Do you have multiple hosts here and so mean $Output{$host}? Or is %Output full of different kinds of logs, and so you could factor out common code that manipulates each one? Similarly the variable $data seems rather uninformatively named. Most things in a program are data of one kind or another. What kind of data is this data? I would suggest a different structure, but from the snippet you provide I don't have enough to make a concrete suggestion. PS The ||= line I had may confuse. Depending on the skill level of your maintainers, you might be better off expanding that out into: 
unless (exists $Output{host}) {
  $Output{host} = [];
}
my $tmp_log = $Output{host};

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In reply to Re (tilly) 1: More on: memory usage/leaks by tilly
in thread More on: memory usage/leaks by smackdab

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