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WARNING: Failed to set buffer limit on IPC interconnect socket (Doc ID 1552336.1)

Last updated on DECEMBER 17, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.2 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

The alert.log reports the following warning:

 

SKGXP:[ffffffff7a614c88.1]{-}: WARNING: Failed to set buffer limit on IPC interconnect socket
SKGXP:[ffffffff7a614c88.1]{-}: Oracle requires that the socket receive buffer size be tunable up to 2048 KB.
Please make sure the kernel parameter which limits the receive socket space set by
applications (i.e. SO_RCVBUF) is at least that value.

 

Cause

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