Subject: input/output errors and out of inodes and file system full
To: None <undisclosed-recipients>
From: None <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: port-xen
Date: 01/16/2007 03:26:48
My xen provider moved me from xen2 to xen3.

I am using a kernel for XEN3_DOMU that adds pf and pflog.

After about five hours, attempting to run new commands failed
with ksh input/output errors. But some commands, like ls and
httpd running in background continued to work.

dmesg had:

root file system type: ffs
init: copying out path `/sbin/init' 11
xennet0: xennet_watchdog
xennet0: xennet_watchdog
xennet0: xennet_watchdog
uid 8, pid 2715, command vm-pop3d, on /: out of inodes
uid 0, pid 157, command syslogd, on /: file system full
uid 8, pid 2787, command exim-4.54-1, on /: out of inodes
uid 0, pid 157, command syslogd, on /: file system full
uid 8, pid 2740, command exim-4.54-1, on /: out of inodes
uid 0, pid 415, command httpd, on /: file system full
uid 8, pid 2400, command exim-4.54-1, on /: out of inodes
pid 439 (httpd), uid 80: exited on signal 11 (core not dumped, err = 1)
uid 8, pid 2811, command exim-4.54-1, on /: out of inodes
uid 8, pid 2769, command exim-4.54-1, on /: out of inodes
uid 8, pid 2700, command exim-4.54-1, on /: out of inodes
uid 8, pid 2700, command exim-4.54-1, on /: file system full
..

I couldn't use df or any tools to see what was going on.

Anyone seen anything like this?

My kernel is netbsd-3.