[Samba]Max Out VFS

Ruben Safir ruben at mrbrklyn.com
Tue Jan 29 06:50:38 GMT 2002 

On 2002.01.28 20:05:32 -0500 Ruben Safir wrote:
>>
>>
>>Hi
>>
>>I have a SAMBA setup with about 10 users hanging 
>>off an old VA Fullon Raid rackmount server.
>>I have the most latest SAMBA version running 
>>on it, and suddenly yesterday, it's gone berzerk.
>>It won't open any more files, creating all kinds of havoc.
>>The error log, /var/log/messages, says this:
>>
>>an 27 04:30:52 superman smbd[22612]: [2002/01/27 04:30:52, 0] smbd/server.c:sig_hup(384)
>>Jan 27 04:30:52 superman smbd[22612]:   Got SIGHUP
>>Jan 28 01:00:00 superman kernel: st0: Error with sense data: [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current st09:00: sense key Unit Attention
>>Jan 28 01:00:00 superman kernel: Additional sense indicates Not ready to ready transition (medium may have changed)
>>Jan 28 01:27:47 superman kernel: st0: Error with sense data: [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current st09:00: sense key Unit Attention
>>Jan 28 01:27:47 superman kernel: Additional sense indicates Not ready to ready transition (medium may have changed)
>>Jan 28 01:53:20 superman kernel: st0: Error with sense data: [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current st09:00: sense key Unit Attention
>>Jan 28 01:53:20 superman kernel: Additional sense indicates Not ready to ready transition (medium may have changed)
>>Jan 28 04:02:00 superman anacron[11588]: Updated timestamp for job `cron.daily' to 2002-01-28
>>Jan 28 08:54:06 superman PAM_unix[12298]: authentication failure; (uid=0) -> stuart for system-auth service
>>Jan 28 10:35:42 superman kernel: VFS: file-max limit 4096 reached
>>Jan 28 10:47:30 superman smbd[12987]: [2002/01/28 10:47:30, 0] locking/locking.c:delete_fn(253)
>>Jan 28 10:47:30 superman smbd[12987]:   locking : delete_fn. LOGIC ERROR ! Entry for pid 12508 and it no longer exists !
>>Jan 28 10:50:05 superman smbd[12993]: [2002/01/28 10:50:05, 0] printing/nt_printing.c:nt_printing_init(245)
>>Jan 28 10:50:05 superman smbd[12993]:   nt_printing_init: Failed to open nt drivers database /var/cache/samba/ntdrivers.tdb (Too many open files in system)
>>Jan 28 10:50:05 superman smbd[12994]: [2002/01/28 10:50:05, 0] printing/nt_printing.c:nt_printing_init(245)
>>Jan 28 10:50:05 superman smbd[12994]:   nt_printing_init: Failed to open nt drivers database /var/cache/samba/ntdrivers.tdb (Too many open files in system)
>>Jan 28 10:52:09 superman smbd[12999]: [2002/01/28 10:52:09, 0] locking/locking.c:delete_fn(253)
>>Jan 28 10:52:09 superman smbd[12999]:   locking : delete_fn. LOGIC ERROR ! Entry for pid 12990 and it no longer exists !
>>Jan 28 10:52:40 superman smbd[13001]: [2002/01/28 10:52:40, 0] locking/locking.c:delete_fn(253)
>>Jan 28 10:52:40 superman smbd[13001]:   locking : delete_fn. LOGIC ERROR ! Entry for pid 12999 and it no longer exists !
>>Jan 28 10:52:40 superman smbd[13001]: [2002/01/28 10:52:40, 0] locking/locking.c:delete_fn(253)
>>Jan 28 10:52:40 superman smbd[13001]:   locking : delete_fn. LOGIC ERROR ! Entry for pid 12999 and it no longer exists !
>>Jan 28 10:52:40 superman smbd[13001]: [2002/01/28 10:52:40, 0] printing/nt_printing.c:nt_printing_init(252)
>>Jan 28 10:52:40 superman smbd[13001]:   nt_printing_init: Failed to open nt printers database /var/cache/samba/ntprinters.tdb (Too many open files in system)
>>Jan 28 10:52:40 superman smbd[13001]:   nt_printing_init: Failed to open nt printers database /var/cache/samba/ntprinters.tdb (Too many open files in system)
>>Jan 28 10:52:40 superman smbd[13002]: [2002/01/28 10:52:40, 0] printing/nt_printing.c:nt_printing_init(252)
>>Jan 28 10:52:40 superman smbd[13002]:   nt_printing_init: Failed to open nt printers database /var/cache/samba/ntprinters.tdb (Too many open files in system)
>>Jan 28 10:53:27 superman smbd[13004]: [2002/01/28 10:53:27, 0] printing/nt_printing.c:nt_printing_init(245)
>>Jan 28 10:53:27 superman smbd[13004]:   nt_printing_init: Failed to open nt drivers database /var/cache/samba/ntdrivers.tdb (Too many open files in system)
>>Jan 28 10:53:27 superman smbd[13005]: [2002/01/28 10:53:27, 0] printing/nt_printing.c:nt_printing_init(245)
>>Jan 28 10:53:27 superman smbd[13005]:   nt_printing_init: Fail....
>>
>>
>>Blah Blah Blah
>>
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13030]: [2002/01/28 11:01:27, 0] printing/printing.c:print_backend_init(61)
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13030]: [2002/01/28 11:01:27, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(40)
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13030]:   ===============================================================
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13030]: [2002/01/28 11:01:27, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(41)
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13030]:   INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 13030 (2.2.2)
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13030]:   Please read the file BUGS.txt in the distribution
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13030]: [2002/01/28 11:01:27, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(43)
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13030]:   ===============================================================
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13030]: [2002/01/28 11:01:27, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1055)
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13030]:   PANIC: internal error
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13030]:
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13031]: [2002/01/28 11:01:27, 0] printing/printing.c:print_backend_init(61)
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13031]: [2002/01/28 11:01:27, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(40)
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13031]:   ===============================================================
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13031]: [2002/01/28 11:01:27, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(41)
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13031]:   INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 13031 (2.2.2)
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13031]:   Please read the file BUGS.txt in the distribution
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13031]: [2002/01/28 11:01:27, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(43)
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13031]:   ===============================================================
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13031]: [2002/01/28 11:01:27, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1055)
>>Jan 28 11:01:27 superman smbd[13031]:   PANIC: internal error
>>
>>
>>
>>SAMBA  Log files look like this:
>>
>>[2002/01/28 10:47:30, 0] locking/locking.c:delete_fn(253)
>>  locking : delete_fn. LOGIC ERROR ! Entry for pid 12508 and it no longer exists !
>>[2002/01/28 10:50:05, 0] printing/nt_printing.c:nt_printing_init(245)
>>  nt_printing_init: Failed to open nt drivers database /var/cache/samba/ntdrivers.tdb (Too many open files in system)
>>[2002/01/28 10:50:05, 0] printing/nt_printing.c:nt_printing_init(245)
>>  nt_printing_init: Failed to open nt drivers database /var/cache/samba/ntdrivers.tdb (Too many open files in system)
>>[2002/01/28 10:52:09, 0] locking/locking.c:delete_fn(253)
>>  locking : delete_fn. LOGIC ERROR ! Entry for pid 12990 and it no longer exists !
>>[2002/01/28 10:52:40, 0] locking/locking.c:delete_fn(253)
>>  locking : delete_fn. LOGIC ERROR ! Entry for pid 12999 and it no longer exists !
>>[2002/01/28 10:52:40, 0] locking/locking.c:delete_fn(253)
>>  locking : delete_fn. LOGIC ERROR ! Entry for pid 12999 and it no longer exists !
>>[2002/01/28 10:52:40, 0] printing/nt_printing.c:nt_printing_init(252)
>>  nt_printing_init: Failed to open nt printers database /var/cache/samba/ntprinters.tdb (Too many open files in system)
>>[2002/01/28 10:52:40, 0] printing/nt_printing.c:nt_printing_init(252)
>>  nt_printing_init: Failed to open nt printers database /var/cache/samba/ntprinters.tdb (Too many open files in system)
>>[2002/01/28 10:53:27, 0] printing/nt_printing.c:nt_printing_init(245)
>>  nt_printing_init: Failed to open nt drivers database /var/cache/samba/ntdrivers.tdb (Too many open files in system)
>>[2002/01/28 10:53:27, 0] printing/nt_printing.c:nt_printing_init(245)
>>  nt_printing_init: Failed to open nt drivers database /var/cache/samba/ntdrivers.tdb (Too many open files in system)
>>[2002/01/28 10:53:32, 0] printing/nt_printing.c:nt_printing_init(245)
>>  nt_printing_init: Failed to open nt drivers database /var/cache/samba/ntdrivers.tdb (Too many open files in system)
>>[2002/01/28 10:53:32, 0] printing/nt_printing.c:nt_printing_init(245)
>>  nt_printing_init: Failed to open nt drivers database /var/cache/samba/ntdrivers.tdb (Too many open files in system)
>>[2002/01/28 10:54:31, 0] printing/nt_printing.c:nt_printing_init(245)
>>  nt_printing_init: Failed to open nt drivers database /var/cache/samba/ntdrivers.tdb (Too many open files in system)
>>[2002/01/28 10:54:31, 0] printing/nt_printing.c:nt_printing_init(245)
>>  nt_printing_init: Failed to open nt drivers database /var/cache/samba/ntdrivers.tdb (Too many open files in system)
>>[2002/01/28 10:55:22, 0] printing/nt_printing.c:nt_printing_init(245)
>>  nt_printing_init: Failed to open nt drivers database /var/cache/samba/ntdrivers.tdb (Too many open files in system)
>>[2002/01/28 10:55:22, 0] printing/nt_printing.c:nt_printing_init(245)
>>  nt_printing_init: Failed to open nt drivers database /var/cache/samba/ntdrivers.tdb (Too many open files in system)
>>[2002/01/28 10:57:17, 0] lib/debug.c:reopen_logs(337)
>>.................
>>[2002/01/28 11:01:27, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(40)
>>  ===============================================================
>>[2002/01/28 11:01:27, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(41)
>>  INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 13030 (2.2.2)
>>  Please read the file BUGS.txt in the distribution
>>[2002/01/28 11:01:27, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(43)
>>  ===============================================================
>>[2002/01/28 11:01:27, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1055)
>>  PANIC: internal error
>>[2002/01/28 11:01:27, 0] printing/printing.c:print_backend_init(61)
>>[2002/01/28 11:01:27, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(40)
>>  ===============================================================
>>[2002/01/28 11:01:27, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(41)
>>  INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 13031 (2.2.2)
>>  Please read the file BUGS.txt in the distribution
>>[2002/01/28 11:01:27, 0] lib/fault.c:fault_report(43)
>>  ===============================================================
>>[2002/01/28 11:01:27, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1055)
>>  PANIC: internal error
>>
>>
>>I believe the dmesg file said the number of open files in the VFS is exhausted at
>>4096 files in the kernel.
>>
>>
>>Can I fix this?  SAMBA have to be able to handle more activity than this?
>>
>>Maybe the problem is with the RAID?
>>
>>
>>Ruben
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