From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1ClqGU-0005Lu-DN for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 04 Jan 2005 07:06:30 -0800 Received: from pike.sandelman.ca ([205.150.200.164]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.41) id 1ClqGN-0005v8-Az for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 04 Jan 2005 07:06:29 -0800 Subject: Re: [uml-devel] Re: UML fills /tmp irreversibly (2.6.9-bb4 on SuSE 9.2) In-Reply-To: Message from "Armin M. Warda" of "Tue, 04 Jan 2005 15:05:59 +0100." <200501041506.05104.Armin.Warda@gmx.de> References: <200412140958.58402.Armin.Warda@ePost.De> <200501031531.19246.Armin.Warda@gmx.de> <20050104115947.GA3715@bytesex> <200501041506.05104.Armin.Warda@gmx.de> Message-ID: <2928.1104850371@marajade.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca> From: Michael Richardson Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 09:52:51 -0500 To: Armin.Warda@gmx.de Cc: Gerd Knorr , uml-devel , Paolo Giarrusso , "Christopher S. Aker" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>>> "Armin" == Armin M Warda writes: Armin> I don't think the problem is in tmpfs! Armin> When I saw the problem for the 1st time, of cause I Armin> immediately blamed tmpfs and switched to a reiserfs /tmp, but Armin> to my surprise the problem did not go away. Finally I even Armin> tested an ext3 /tmp - just to be sure - and the problem was Armin> reproduced, too. This isn't a new problem to us. We see it regularly. In *most* cases (but I can't say *ALL*) it is because of swap files for UMLs that are no longer running, but for which there are T-linux processes hanging around. kill -9/-CONT/etc. them and the disk space comes back. Most of the time. (this relates to the thread where we read /proc/XXX/environ, and so couldn't recognize that the processes could be killed, and also to the thread where i complained about having to -CONT a process before it could be -9'ed) - -- ] ON HUMILITY: to err is human. To moo, bovine. | firewalls [ ] Michael Richardson, Xelerance Corporation, Ottawa, ON |net architect[ ] mcr@xelerance.com http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/mcr/ |device driver[ ] panic("Just another Debian GNU/Linux using, kernel hacking, security guy"); [ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Finger me for keys iQCVAwUBQdqtwYqHRg3pndX9AQFqRwQAxkIGcI44qepaQfRF2F281fkJTcClojT4 AxKX+bS+u2yUwYz+xypF4ccr1NaK9Vx+Ez+LdbIqx67m5XgPa6Bi3lbXp0wPwjnN TO00L33cnronUsETn6exoq/iNhI+GqaatfuNGkE3E9CWh3JqUoKzTk7Hs+3T9OJ9 IDIJYuoJ1Gk= =qsvP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel