tmpfs: a way to get your system down

tmpfs: a way to get your system down

Post by Alex Riese » Mon, 26 Mar 2001 02:40:03



Hi, all,

just hit by tmpfs on 2.4.2-ac20

mount -t tmpfs mnt
dd if=/dev/zero mnt/tmpfile

resulted in hardly slowed system and lockup,
and not in "No space left on device", as expected.

Alex Riesen

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tmpfs: a way to get your system down

Post by Christoph Rohlan » Wed, 28 Mar 2001 22:30:05


Hi Alex,


> just hit by tmpfs on 2.4.2-ac20

> mount -t tmpfs mnt
> dd if=/dev/zero mnt/tmpfile

> resulted in hardly slowed system and lockup,
> and not in "No space left on device", as expected.

Use mount option "size". The default is unlimited...

Greetings
                Christoph

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1. tmpfs: [ID 610955 kern.warning] WARNING: tmp_memalloc: tmpfs over memory limit

Is there some kind of memory limit setting in /etc/system or
something?  This is the error I'm getting when my /tmp gets over about
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#device         device          mount           FS      fsck    mount
 mount
#to mount       to fsck         point           type    pass    at
boot options
#
#/dev/dsk/c1d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c1d0s2 /usr          ufs     1       yes  
 -
fd      -       /dev/fd fd      -       no      -
/proc   -       /proc   proc    -       no      -
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1       -       -       swap    -       no      -
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0       /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0      /       ufs     1    
 no      -
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s4       /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s4      /usr    ufs     1    
 no      -
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3       /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s3      /var    ufs     1    
 no      -
/dev/md/dsk/d0          /dev/md/rdsk/d0         /export/home    ufs  
 2       yes     logging
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s5       /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s5      /opt    ufs     2    
 yes     -
/dev/dsk/c1t15d0s7      /dev/rdsk/c1t15d0s7     /export/spool   ufs  
 2       yes     -
/dev/dsk/c1t2d0s7       /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0s7      /export ufs     2    
 yes     -
swap    -       /tmp    tmpfs   -       yes     -

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