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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