Memory can be exhausted while accessing file with sticky bit set over nfs/ufs file systems
(Doc ID 2133426.1)
Last updated on JULY 20, 2023
Applies to:
Solaris Operating System - Version 10 1/13 U11 to 11.2 [Release 10.0 to 11.0]Information in this document applies to any platform.
Symptoms
When large files are created, read, or written in a UFS/NFS file systems (e.g. by ufsdump or mkfile), memory of the system can be exhausted by large page cache and never been kicked out of memory even the system is running short of memory.
Changes
A large file is created by mkfile command in UFS/NFS file systems. This will create the sticky bit on the file by default (up to Solaris 11.2). Below is an example of page cache usage while a 20G created is being created by mkfile. 12G memory is being used out of total physical memory of 16G.
Another known scenario is to run ufsdump in a guest LDOM (e.g. "ufsdump 0f /mnt/file.dump /dev/rdsk/c0d1s0") where both devices are NFS mounted from files in the control domain and both files have the sticky bit set.
Cause
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