> You probably encountered a single very large mailbox. This patch: > > --- cyrus-imapd-2.3.8/imap/sync_support.c 2006-11-30 > 12:11:20.000000000 -0500 > +++ cyrus-imapd-2.3.8p3/imap/sync_support.c 2007-04-12 > 13:27:49.000000000 -0400 > @@ -914,9 +914,9 @@ > result = xzmalloc(sizeof(struct sync_message)); > message_uuid_set_null(&result->uuid); > > - result->msg_path = xzmalloc(5 * (MAX_MAILBOX_PATH+1) * sizeof > (char)); > + result->msg_path = xzmalloc((MAX_MAILBOX_PATH+1) * sizeof(char)); > result->msg_path_end = result->msg_path + > - 5 * (MAX_MAILBOX_PATH+1) * sizeof(char); > + (MAX_MAILBOX_PATH+1) * sizeof(char); > > snprintf(result->stagename, sizeof(result->stagename), "%lu.", > l->count); I'm still wondering why the code is there, can anybody comment on this? Simon > > Reduces the space that sync_server allocates when syncing a mailbox. > The "5 *" doesn't really do anything useful, other than waste a lot > of space. > > On 17 Apr 2007, at 15:24, Per olof Ljungmark wrote: >> After performing an initial sync of 65G worth of mailboxes the >> above error occurred. I kept an eye on the process initally but saw >> nothing worrying, then it died about halfway through the sync. >> >> Could I have hit some system limits? Vanilla FreeBSD 6.2. >> I'm starting off fresh now again to try to figure it out. >> >> And, while at it, here are one more sync related: >> * The "sync_shutdown_file:" switch, does it mean that the presence >> of this file will stop the sync process? At least that is how I >> intepret it... > ---- > Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
