g_vfs write error = 28, bad memory?
Per olof Ljungmark
peo at intersonic.se
Sat Sep 1 10:29:33 PDT 2007
Kris Kennaway wrote:
> Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
>> Kris Kennaway wrote:
>>> Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
>>>> I use a memory file system for some tmp files and last night I saw
>>>> this, followed by a reboot. Bad memory? 6-STABLE from April..
>>>>
>>>> foo-bar kernel: g_vfs_done():md0[WRITE(offset=259244032,
>>>> length=131072)]error = 28
>>>> foo-bar kernel: g_vfs_done():md0[WRITE(offset=259375104,
>>>> length=131072)]error = 28
>>>> [ten more lines...]
>>>> [reboot]
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> #define ENOSPC 28 /* No space left on device */
>>>
>>> You are probably (incorrectly) using a malloc backed disk. Use swap
>>> backing and you won't panic when memory is low.
>>
>> Yes, sounds likely, thanks. One more question then, where is the md
>> information stored through a reboot? I did not edit rc.conf or fstab
>> or kernel config but still /dev/md0 came back up. Hmmm.
>
> It's not, unless something is explicitly creating it each time you boot.
> Perhaps you are using a rc.conf setting that creates a md /tmp.
Indeed, here it was:
amavisd_enable="YES"
amavisd_ram="512m"
and the line in rc.d/amavisd
mdmfs -M -s ${amavisd_ram} -w vscan:vscan md /var/amavis/tmp || true
for some reason creates a malloc based mfs
Perhaps I should check this with the maintainer...
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