out of memory in flist_expand

[Rob klein Gunnewiek]

Hello list,

I get the following error using rsync 3.0.3 (both sides):

  ...
  data/xxxxxxxx/admin_docs/2/8/9/9/0/7/9/msg-75682-748.msg is uptodate
  data/xxxxxxxx/admin_docs/2/8/9/9/0/8/0/msg-75682-749.txt is uptodate
  ERROR: out of memory in flist_expand [generator]
  rsync error: error allocating core memory buffers (code 22) at util.c(117)
[generator=3.0.3]
  rsync error: received SIGUSR1 (code 19) at main.c(1286) [receiver=3.0.3]

Command was: rsync -avvz remotehost:/var/www /backup

These things I have tried to fix the problem:

After starting rsync, it says 'receiving incremental file list', which I read
indicates it won't consume too much memory.

I have increased memory by adding an extra swap space of 4GB (I know,
overdone..). There is 1GB of RAM in the system. There is plenty of diskspace as
well. I have also tried modifying the maximum stack size, which is now 512 MB
for a program.

In the Rsync FAQ I read Rsync uses approximately 100 bytes per file for
indexing. The number of files to copy from the remote server is 3902364, so
rsync would need about 400MB... right?

Both sides run FreeBSD 6.x, and rsync 3.0.3.

What am I missing?

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Rob klein Gunnewiek
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