[Samba] 3.0.2rc1 - PANIC: smb_xmalloc: malloc fail.

[Eric Brueggmann]

I'm not sure if this is a known issue or not.

# uname -a
Linux XXXXXXXXXXXX 2.4.21-9.ELsmp #1 SMP Thu Jan 8 16:54:23 EST 2004 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 3 (Taroon Update 1)
# vmstat 5
procs                      memory      swap          io     system         cpu
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in    cs us sy id wa
 0  0     56  18936 125016 1846508    0    0     0     4   55    18  0  0 39  0
 0  0     56  18936 125016 1846508    0    0     0     6  104    18  0  0 100  0
 0  0     56  18936 125016 1846508    0    0     0     0  102    20  0  0 100  0
[2004/01/26 16:30:48, 0] lib/util.c:smb_xmalloc(2055)
  smb_xmalloc() failed to allocate 3221213488 bytes
[2004/01/26 16:30:48, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1400)
  PANIC: smb_xmalloc: malloc fail.

[2004/01/26 16:30:48, 0] lib/util.c:smb_panic(1408)
  BACKTRACE: 16 stack frames:
   #0 /opt/samba/sbin/smbd(smb_panic+0x181) [0x8189811]
   #1 /opt/samba/sbin/smbd(smb_xmalloc+0x83) [0x818ad27]
   #2 /opt/samba/sbin/smbd(smb_xmemdup+0x11) [0x818ad44]
   #3 /opt/samba/sbin/smbd(data_blob+0x4e) [0x81873d3]
   #4 /opt/samba/sbin/smbd [0x811fa10]
   #5 /opt/samba/sbin/smbd(open_rpc_pipe_p+0x2c2) [0x811f4db]
   #6 /opt/samba/sbin/smbd [0x809270c]
   #7 /opt/samba/sbin/smbd [0x80927cd]
   #8 /opt/samba/sbin/smbd(reply_ntcreate_and_X+0x112) [0x8092985]
   #9 /opt/samba/sbin/smbd [0x80bbfcc]
   #10 /opt/samba/sbin/smbd [0x80bc056]
   #11 /opt/samba/sbin/smbd(process_smb+0x1b9) [0x80bc351]
   #12 /opt/samba/sbin/smbd(smbd_process+0x153) [0x80bcdac]
   #13 /opt/samba/sbin/smbd(main+0x6ec) [0x81e2e73]
   #14 /lib/tls/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf8) [0xb7250748]
   #15 /opt/samba/sbin/smbd(chroot+0x31) [0x8077131]


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