We have a program that maps a file into memory. The command uses mmap and is used like this:
__output_rec = (Mptr) mmap ( 0, ( __max_file_recs + SAFE_BUFFER) * sizeof ( Mnode ), PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, __output_fd, 0 );
The error is:Nov 27 09:50:38 smscp2 MVAS1[11380]: sms_merge_ord.c : create_new_file () : Failed to map file to memory.. 12 : Not enough space
Nov 27 09:50:38 smscp2 MVAS1[11380]: sms_merge_ord.c : main () : Failed to create new file.
We have 8GB physical memory and have around 80% utilization. Based on our calculations the file should only be around 100MB. Do we have a kernel configurable parameter for this?
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I agree with Harry. Look at your dbc_min_pct and dbc_max_pct kernel parameters. You will find that they are set to the default which is 50%. This is just about useless. The ideal value should be somewhere in the vicinity of 300-500Mb no more. So in your case, dbc_max_pct should be set to 5, dbc_min_pct to 2.
The error is due to
1.Amount of memory and swap available.
If you have 80% used.
What is the value of dbc_max_pct on your kernel.
If it is 50% of memory bring it down to somewhere around 8.
The buffer cache half the memory is too high.
check the individual process usage using
UNIX95= ps -e -o ruser,pid,vsz=Kbytes
to check the process usage by each process.
How is the usage of the swap on the machine
Just do a
swapinfo -ta
you can use glance to monitor the process which is throwing out the error.
2.You have to increase your kernel parameters like
These paramters define the upper limit for a process.
They have default values like 8MB.
maxdsiz
maxdiz_64
maxssiz
maxssiz_64
maxtsiz
maxtsiz_64
ALso make sure that you check these values.
