Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:31:55 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /var full Message-ID: <08316AEE182673D114F84C15@utd65257.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <485A9F53.4090306@boosten.org> References: <EA09BDBE04BB7B81413DB590@Macintosh.local> <20080619035949.GB8205@shepherd> <DB82314EA03D57CB11849EA5@Macintosh.local> <4859FC8F.5020308@ibctech.ca> <BBBB9169909ADCA813DB44EE@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <A42873E7-6DCB-4F55-AC79-C14353880E7D@goldmark.org> <421A1EE3E8C305AD72BBA2BE@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <485A9F53.4090306@boosten.org>
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--On Thursday, June 19, 2008 20:02:59 +0200 Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> wrote: > Paul Schmehl wrote: >>> >>>> I'm leaning toward some sort of bug in mysql version 5.0.51 which >>>> creates a temporary file (in the wrong place) and then doesn't >>>> release it until it exhausts the space on the drive. In any case, >>>> I'm going to report it to the mysql folks as such and hope they can >>>> figure out what the cause is. >>> > > try to find the file with ># fstat | grep var > > > This will give a list with inodes for open files (the 6th column). > ># find /var -inum <inode> > Interesting. >From the last section of entries in dmesg.today: pid 73721 (dd), uid 2 inumber 27131920 on /var: filesystem full pid 730 (mysqld), uid 88 inumber 27132148 on /var: filesystem full # find /var/ -inum 27132148 /var/db/mysql/buttercup3-bin.000031 # ls -lsa /var/db/mysql/buttercup3-bin.000031 15856 -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 16208184 Jun 19 03:28 /var/db/mysql/buttercup3-bin.000031 # find /var/ -inum 27131920 /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy.6 # ls -lsa /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy.6 2 -r-------- 1 operator operator 2048 Jun 19 17:33 /var/db/entropy/saved-entropy.6 So it could have been something else entirely, and when those files tried to write to /var it was already full? Why is operator running dd? Is it trying to fix the problem? -- Paul Schmehl As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer.
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