Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 11:16:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 11:16:25 -0400 Received: from 2-225.ctame701-1.telepar.net.br ([200.193.160.225]:27792 "EHLO 2-225.ctame701-1.telepar.net.br") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 11:16:22 -0400 Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 12:21:11 -0300 (BRT) From: Rik van Riel X-X-Sender: riel@imladris.surriel.com To: Philipp Steinkrueger cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Subject: Re: Memory Problem In-Reply-To: <021701c26e0e$7d4449a0$0a01a8c0@3rgu5vk6e645pg> Message-ID: X-spambait: aardvark@kernelnewbies.org X-spammeplease: aardvark@nl.linux.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1062 Lines: 34 On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Philipp Steinkrueger wrote: > The Problem appears with the mysql database server. here is the error > message: > > Can't create a new thread (errno 11). If you are not out of available > memory, you can consult the manual for a possible OS-dependent bug > 2) what else does the kernel do when a programm spawns a new thread ? if > memory is not the problem, what else could go wrong when creating a > thread ? There are two limits you could be running into: 1) you run into the per-user thread limit or the system-wide thread limit 2) memory fragmentation, there is no area of 2 contiguous free pages regards, Rik -- Bravely reimplemented by the knights who say "NIH". http://www.surriel.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/ Spamtraps of the month: september@surriel.com trac@trac.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/