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Re: OpenLDAP / AIX: ch_malloc failed



> Hello,
>
> When the number of connection raises (performing read operations), slapd
> crashes saying
>
> ch_malloc of 8388608 bytes failed
> Assertion failed: __EX, file  ch_malloc.c, line 62
> IOT/Abort trap(coredump)
>
> This happens on AIX 5.3 ML 3 (on AIX 5.2, too)
> With openldap 2.3.20, 2.3.21 or 2.2.30
> Using BerkeleyDB 4.3 or 4.4

You should check how much memory the slapd process is allowed to use, and
try to increase it as appropriate.  As per how to do it with AIX, see the
documentation of the OS, or ask on an appropriate forum.

p.



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