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Article #546Re: Help!/tmp file system full, swap space limit exceeded
From: Scott Howard
Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 00:55
Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 00:55
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ko <kowho@singnet.com.sg> wrote: > I noted the /tmp file system full, swap space limit exceeded through the OS > dmsg log. Need help to clarify the following : > > 1) What does this message means ? Is this message critical ? It means you're out of virtual memory (ie, physical memory + swap). By default /tmp is a memory-based filesystem, so using /tmp uses memory, and vica cersa. > 2) If a program/job/process encounter the error, the program/job/process > will not be completed/abandoned or it will wait until has enough space on > /tmp and then continue ? It depends entirely on the program. Most programs don't handle running out of memory very well, and will most likely exit when it occurs (or even worse, crash as they didn't bother checking to see if the memory allocation worked or not) > 3) What can be done to resolve it and prevent it from happening ? Add more memory, add more swap, or work out what is using up memory or /tmp Scott
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