Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 13 Mar 2002 16:55:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 13 Mar 2002 16:55:09 -0500 Received: from h24-67-15-4.cg.shawcable.net ([24.67.15.4]:13557 "EHLO webber.adilger.int") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 13 Mar 2002 16:55:01 -0500 Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 14:54:20 -0700 From: Andreas Dilger To: David Rees , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: mke2fs (and mkreiserfs) core dumps Message-ID: <20020313215420.GD429@turbolinux.com> Mail-Followup-To: David Rees , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20020313123114.A11658@greenhydrant.com> <20020313205537.GC429@turbolinux.com> <20020313133748.A12472@greenhydrant.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020313133748.A12472@greenhydrant.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i X-GPG-Key: 1024D/0D35BED6 X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7A37 5D79 BF1B CECA D44F 8A29 A488 39F5 0D35 BED6 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mar 13, 2002 13:37 -0800, David Rees wrote: > On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 01:55:37PM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote: > > On Mar 13, 2002 12:31 -0800, David Rees wrote: > > > I've got an interesting situation here where mke2fs and mkreiserfs core dump > > > with the message: File size limit exceeded (core dumped) > > > > This is a ulimit bug caused by the kernel and libc 2.1. If you log into > > the system as root at the console (no su) it should work. > > > > > The kernel is 2.4.18-rc4 + Trond's NFS_ALL patch. > > > > I thought that the fix for this was in the 2.4.18 kernel, but I guess > > not. > > Thanks for the info. This explains why I didn't have any problems > partitioning the 3ware's RAID, I was logged into the console. > > Is there anyway I can avoid logging into the console? It can be a PITA if > the machine happens to be far away. If you don't have any "ulimit" calls in the login, it should also be OK. It's just that some vendor startup scripts set a ulimit for non-root users. Trying to set it back to "unlimited" doesn't work. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto, \ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?" http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ -- Dogbert - 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/