(switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the bugzilla web interface). On Sat, 9 Oct 2010 06:58:14 GMT bugzilla-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19932 > > Summary: Getting lots of name_count maxed, losing inode data > messages in /var/log/messages > Product: Other > Version: 2.5 > Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7 > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Priority: P1 > Component: Other > AssignedTo: other_other@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ReportedBy: jd1008@xxxxxxxxx > Regression: No > > > This old problem was also reported in redhat in redhat bugzilla: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445757 > in mid 2008. > > > The message is coming from kernel/auditsc.c in audit_inc_name_count(): > > > static int audit_inc_name_count(struct audit_context *context, > const struct inode *inode) > { > if (context->name_count >= AUDIT_NAMES) { > if (inode) > printk(KERN_DEBUG "audit: name_count maxed, losing > inode data: " > "dev=%02x:%02x, inode=%lu\n", > MAJOR(inode->i_sb->s_dev), > MINOR(inode->i_sb->s_dev), > inode->i_ino); > > else > printk(KERN_DEBUG "name_count maxed, losing inode > data\n"); > return 1; > } > context->name_count++; > #if AUDIT_DEBUG > context->ino_count++; > #endif > return 0; > } > > I wish the kernel would also dump the stack, and funcs param values into > /var/log/messages > so a user can take a look at the source and do some searching > for the cause of this. > > Also, if you can advise on how I can rebuild the kernel so that > it will drop into the debugger when this happens, would be a great > help. > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html