g_vfs write error = 28, bad memory?
Kris Kennaway
kris at FreeBSD.org
Sat Sep 1 09:11:30 PDT 2007
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.
Kris
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