vnode_pager_putpages hanged my machine

[Willie Viljoen]

On Tuesday 09 March 2004 09:07, someone, possibly Rob, wrote:
> After reboot, I found this in /var/log/messages, before the reboot
> messages:
>
> [...]
> Mar  9 15:27:22 cisr /kernel: vnode_pager_putpages: residual I/O 65536 at
> 451 Mar  9 15:27:22 cisr /kernel: pid 7 (syncer), uid 0 on /var: file
> system full Mar  9 15:27:22 cisr /kernel: vnode_pager_putpages: I/O error
> 28
> Mar  9 15:27:22 cisr /kernel: vnode_pager_putpages: residual I/O 65536 at
> 452 [...reboot messages...]
>
>
> Any idea what caused this system breakdown?
>

Seems pretty obvious, you're /var file system if either too small, or totally 
overloaded. Something tried to use /var for storage of temporary data and 
couldn't put it there. Delete old logs you don't need, and if /var is not 
atleast 256MB, consider moving it to another disk or reinstalling with a 
larger /var.

Hope this helps
Will

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