Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Kernel panic: can't push onto full stack | Date | Sun, 28 Feb 1999 17:15:17 +0000 (GMT) |
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> configured machines. After the kernel panics, the machine is still > pingable and seems to almost establish tcp connections, but > just hangs. All services running on the machines no longer function.
Thats what I would expect.
> What exactly does this error mean? The machines have plenty of ram and
It means something very bad happened in a situation where a lot of file handles were being passed across sockets.
I've been pondering this one (you are the third report I've seen). It basically implies a bug in the mark/sweep garbage collector, or a race of some kind.
Alan
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