Public bug reported: As systemd limits the number of processes, this test will fail because it can't fork enough processes. That is limited to when the test is run after logging as user 1000, then running sudo. I guess that logging as root may not cause this to happen.
# ./testcases/bin/msgstress03 Fork failed (may be OK if under stress) Fork failed (may be OK if under stress) msgstress03 1 TFAIL : msgstress03.c:157: Fork failed (may be OK if under stress) # ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Low Assignee: Canonical Kernel Team (canonical-kernel-team) Status: Incomplete ** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Cosmic) Importance: Low Assignee: Canonical Kernel Team (canonical-kernel-team) Status: Incomplete ** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu Cosmic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Cosmic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Cosmic) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Cosmic) Assignee: (unassigned) => Canonical Kernel Team (canonical-kernel-team) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1783881 Title: ltp-syscalls: msgstress03 fails because systemd limits number of processes Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: New Status in linux source package in Cosmic: Incomplete Status in systemd source package in Cosmic: New Bug description: As systemd limits the number of processes, this test will fail because it can't fork enough processes. That is limited to when the test is run after logging as user 1000, then running sudo. I guess that logging as root may not cause this to happen. # ./testcases/bin/msgstress03 Fork failed (may be OK if under stress) Fork failed (may be OK if under stress) msgstress03 1 TFAIL : msgstress03.c:157: Fork failed (may be OK if under stress) # To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1783881/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp