g_vfs write error = 28, bad memory?

Per olof Ljungmark peo at intersonic.se
Sat Sep 1 08:36:47 PDT 2007


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.


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