Re: OpenLDAP / AIX: ch_malloc failed

["Fabien K" <fabien@ulbcs.org>]

Hello,

just ( 5 minutes ago..)  got the same problem:

the sysadmin used the /etc/security/limits ( or smitty app )
to increase the 'data'.

then 'll have to relogon and relaunch process..

Fabien



>> 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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