Re: __alloc_pages: 2-order allocation failed
I also noticed swapper and ooffice.bin appearing - though, again, it
looks like spamc is where the issue starts.
Enjoy your vacation. If no one else has any ideas while you're out,
it'll wait until you get back. Worst case, I'll restart SA every so
often - or move it to another box - until this is resolved.
On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 09:52:17AM -0700, David S. Miller said:
> Does spamc use AF_UNIX sockets to communicate with other
> processes? If so, someone should audit it to make sure it
> checks properly for return values on write() calls.
>
> If spamc uses non-blocking AF_UNIX sockets, -ENOBUFS can
> happen under normal circumstances. If the sockets were
> blocking then the kernel could sleep to swap out some pages
> to free up some space and then the call could succeed.
>
> A quick perusal of the spamc sources seems to indicate
> that it does use non-blocking AF_UNIX sockets as the
> transport to talk to the spamassasindaemon. I'm on
> vacation so cannot investigate this more deeply.
>
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Mike Edwards <sauron-debian-sparc@psychology.rutgers.edu>
System Administrator
Psychology Department, Rutgers University, Newark campus
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