linux-kernel - Re: next-20080808: bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable

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Date:	Sat, 9 Aug 2008 20:44:17 +1200
From:	jasper@...ton.co.nz
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: next-20080808: bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable

On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 07:48:05AM +1000, James Morris wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Thomas Meyer wrote:
> 
> > Hi.
> > 
> > Beginning with next-20080808 after letting the system run for 5 minutes
> > or so, I get an error from the fork call, e.g.:
> > 
> > "bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable"
> > 
> > Doing an "echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger" I was able to get an vmcore dump
> > of the running kernel using the kdump mechanism.
> > 
> > what should i do next?
> 
> Which distro and version are you using?  Please post your .config file.

This is occurring for me too, fresh git checkout of next-20080808.
.config attached.

Interestingly if I start X, fork() works for a bit - long enough for me
to get a terminal open and type a command or two - but then all commands
start returning the above error (except with zsh, not bash).

If I then switch to VT1 I can use the console fine.

-jasper

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