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On 2009-12-03T21:33:32+00:00 Don wrote:

Description of problem:
Received warning that my disk was full (unpartitioned disk inside a KVM virtual 
machine).  Noticed that /var was 2.2G (out of 8G disk).  Looked further and saw 
that /var/log/messages was 2.2G.  Tailed it and saw these messages being 
spammed at high speed over and over:


Dec  3 15:16:02 foo pulseaudio[1465]: socket-server.c: accept(): Too many open 
files
Dec  3 15:16:02 foo pulseaudio[1465]: socket-server.c: accept(): Too many open 
files
Dec  3 15:16:02 foo pulseaudio[1465]: socket-server.c: accept(): Too many open 
files
Dec  3 15:16:02 foo pulseaudio[1465]: socket-server.c: accept(): Too many open 
files
Dec  3 15:16:02 foo pulseaudio[1465]: socket-server.c: accept(): Too many open 
files

I had to kill the pulseaudio process and delete other files just to be
able to try to compress messages.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

pulseaudio-0.9.21-1.fc12.x86_64

How reproducible:

Have not yet tried.

Additional info:

When the messages file finishes compressing, I'll reboot the VM and see
if the problem occurs.  This VM was just created yesterday.

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-
lib/+bug/451893/comments/19

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On 2009-12-03T22:25:35+00:00 Don wrote:

Finally copied the log to my host wher I have more disk.  Here's where
the trouble started, just earlier today.  These messages are sequential,
I haven't deleted any lines from the log, just changed the name of my
machine hostname to "foo":

Dec  3 09:21:20 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: We were woken up with 
POLLOUT set -- however a subsequent snd_pc
m_avail() returned 0 or another value < min_avail.
Dec  3 09:31:03 foo avahi-daemon[817]: Received response from host 172.16.30.3 
with invalid source port 58346 on in
terface 'eth0.0'
Dec  3 14:05:42 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:05:42 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:08:04 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:11:08 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:11:08 foo pulseaudio[1465]: sink-input.c: Failed to create sink 
input: sink is suspended.
Dec  3 14:13:10 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:13:29 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:13:36 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:13:57 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:14:27 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:15:36 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:16:32 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:17:24 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:17:36 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:17:47 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:17:58 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:18:04 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:18:12 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:18:20 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:19:41 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:20:01 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:20:26 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:23:33 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:23:46 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:24:12 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:24:40 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:24:40 foo pulseaudio[1465]: sink-input.c: Failed to create sink 
input: sink is suspended.
Dec  3 14:28:09 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:28:15 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:29:14 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:29:17 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:29:17 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:30:29 foo pulseaudio[1465]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device 
front:0: Too many open files
Dec  3 14:30:29 foo pulseaudio[1465]: shm.c: shm_open() failed: Too many open 
files
Dec  3 14:30:29 foo pulseaudio[1465]: shm.c: shm_open() failed: Too many open 
files
Dec  3 14:30:29 foo pulseaudio[1465]: shm.c: shm_open() failed: Too many open 
files
Dec  3 14:32:33 foo pulseaudio[1465]: socket-server.c: accept(): Too many open 
files
Dec  3 14:32:33 foo pulseaudio[1465]: socket-server.c: accept(): Too many open 
files
Dec  3 14:32:33 foo pulseaudio[1465]: socket-server.c: accept(): Too many open 
files


After this it's madness as I posted earlier.  Hundreds of screenfuls of the 
same line with the same exact timestamp.

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-
lib/+bug/451893/comments/20

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On 2009-12-09T16:32:54+00:00 Don wrote:

Happened again today.

First a number of these messages in rapid succession (all with same exact 
timestamp):
Dec 9 09:42:06 foo pulseaudio[1517]: shm.c: shm_open() failed: Too many open 
files

Followed by a LOT of these until /var/log/messages fills up the root disk:
Dec 9 09:42:07 foo pulseaudio[1517]: socket-server.c: accept(): Too many open 
files

Have to kill the pulseaudio pid 1517 and then just truncate
/var/log/messages.

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-
lib/+bug/451893/comments/21

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On 2009-12-09T16:39:45+00:00 Don wrote:

In case it wasn't clear before, this is happening in my Fedora 12 KVM
virtual machine.  The host is also Fedora 12 with all available stable
upgrades.  No pulseaudio problems on the host, just in the VM.  The VM
also has all available Fedora 12 stable upgrades.

I'm more than willing to post whatever information is required, if you
are available to help.  It seems like a serious bug to me if pulseaudio
is allowed to fill up the partition hosting /var/log/messages.  In my
case, this is the root partition, and it filled 2.2G in around 45
minutes.

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-
lib/+bug/451893/comments/22

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On 2009-12-09T17:04:23+00:00 Don wrote:

Found a somewhat similar bug for Ubuntu:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/451893

I see similar cases of a number of timer links.  I have no real idea
what it means.

[root@foo ~]# ls -l /proc/$(pgrep pulseaudio)/fd|grep timer
lr-x------. 1 seiler seiler 64 2009-12-09 10:56 22 -> /dev/snd/timer
lr-x------. 1 seiler seiler 64 2009-12-09 10:56 23 -> /dev/snd/timer
lr-x------. 1 seiler seiler 64 2009-12-09 10:56 29 -> /dev/snd/timer
lr-x------. 1 seiler seiler 64 2009-12-09 10:56 30 -> /dev/snd/timer
lr-x------. 1 seiler seiler 64 2009-12-09 10:56 35 -> /dev/snd/timer
lr-x------. 1 seiler seiler 64 2009-12-09 10:56 36 -> /dev/snd/timer
lr-x------. 1 seiler seiler 64 2009-12-09 10:56 37 -> /dev/snd/timer
lr-x------. 1 seiler seiler 64 2009-12-09 10:56 38 -> /dev/snd/timer
lr-x------. 1 seiler seiler 64 2009-12-09 10:56 39 -> /dev/snd/timer
lr-x------. 1 seiler seiler 64 2009-12-09 10:56 40 -> /dev/snd/timer
lr-x------. 1 seiler seiler 64 2009-12-09 10:56 41 -> /dev/snd/timer
lr-x------. 1 seiler seiler 64 2009-12-09 10:56 42 -> /dev/snd/timer
lr-x------. 1 seiler seiler 64 2009-12-09 11:03 43 -> /dev/snd/timer
lr-x------. 1 seiler seiler 64 2009-12-09 11:03 44 -> /dev/snd/timer
lr-x------. 1 seiler seiler 64 2009-12-09 11:03 45 -> /dev/snd/timer
lr-x------. 1 seiler seiler 64 2009-12-09 10:56 9 -> /dev/snd/timer

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-
lib/+bug/451893/comments/23

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On 2009-12-09T17:06:10+00:00 Don wrote:

FYI:
# pulseaudio --version
pulseaudio 0.9.21

# rpm -qa | grep pulseaudio
pulseaudio-libs-glib2-0.9.21-1.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-gconf-0.9.21-1.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-utils-0.9.21-1.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-0.9.21-1.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-libs-0.9.21-1.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-0.9.21-1.fc12.x86_64
alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.21-2.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-gdm-hooks-0.9.21-1.fc12.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-x11-0.9.21-1.fc12.x86_64

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-
lib/+bug/451893/comments/24

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On 2009-12-13T11:54:45+00:00 Mostafa wrote:

I'm seeing this behaviour as well on a fully updated F12 host (no KVM).
As far as I can tell, it is usually triggered by flash (flash-
plugin-10.0.42.34-release.i386).

Excerpts from /var/log/messages:

Dec  6 13:50:29 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: ratelimit.c: 78 events suppressed
Dec  6 13:51:01 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-sink.c: ALSA woke us up to write 
new data to the device, but there was actually nothing to write!
Dec  6 13:51:01 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-sink.c: Most likely this is a 
bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_emu10k1'. Please report this issue to the ALSA devel
opers.
Dec  6 13:51:01 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-sink.c: We were woken up with 
POLLOUT set -- however a subsequent snd_pcm_avail() returned 0 or another value 
< min_avail.
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-util.c: Unable to set sw params: 
No such device
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-sink.c: Failed to set software 
parameters: No such device
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-util.c: Unable to set sw params: 
No such device
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-sink.c: Failed to set software 
parameters: No such device
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-util.c: Unable to set sw params: 
No such device
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-sink.c: Failed to set software 
parameters: No such device
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-util.c: Unable to set sw params: 
No such device
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-sink.c: Failed to set software 
parameters: No such device
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-util.c: Unable to set sw params: 
No such device

[repeats until..]

Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-sink.c: Failed to set software 
parameters: No such device
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-util.c: Unable to set sw params: 
Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-sink.c: Failed to set software 
parameters: Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-util.c: Unable to set sw params: 
Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-sink.c: Failed to set software 
parameters: Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-util.c: Unable to set sw params: 
Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-sink.c: Failed to set software 
parameters: Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-util.c: Unable to set sw params: 
Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-sink.c: Failed to set software 
parameters: Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-util.c: Unable to set sw params: 
Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-sink.c: Failed to set software 
parameters: Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-util.c: Unable to set sw params: 
Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-sink.c: Failed to set software 
parameters: Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-util.c: Unable to set sw params: 
Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-sink.c: Failed to set software 
parameters: Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-util.c: Unable to set sw params: 
Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-sink.c: Failed to set software 
parameters: Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-util.c: Unable to set sw params: 
Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-sink.c: Failed to set software 
parameters: Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-util.c: Unable to set sw params: 
Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-sink.c: Failed to set software 
parameters: Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-util.c: Unable to set sw params: 
Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-sink.c: Failed to set software 
parameters: Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-util.c: Unable to set sw params: 
Too many open files
Dec  6 14:04:51 batcave pulseaudio[1842]: alsa-sink.c: Failed to set software 
parameters: Too many open files


This continues till I notice and kill pulseaudio or till I run out of space on 
/.

This is a pretty serious problem and I hope it can be resolved quickly.
Please let me know if I can help with more information.

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-
lib/+bug/451893/comments/26

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On 2009-12-17T14:44:54+00:00 Lennart wrote:

Looks as if something is leaking fds in either PA or in libasound.

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-
lib/+bug/451893/comments/28

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On 2009-12-17T14:48:16+00:00 Lennart wrote:

Oh, and one thing really sucks: rsyslog does not automatically rate
limit log output from all processes. That's a real disaster if you ask
me.

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-
lib/+bug/451893/comments/29

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On 2009-12-21T09:24:03+00:00 Lennart wrote:

OK, seems that alsa-lib is at fault here. Reassigning.

http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-
lib.git;a=commit;h=a256766c10c52cb6667de8a65f5cbb332fad4cc7

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-
lib/+bug/451893/comments/36

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On 2009-12-23T21:30:45+00:00 Don wrote:

This just hit me again.  I see that ubuntu has pushed the patch into
their repos.  Any ETA on Fedora 12 patch?

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-
lib/+bug/451893/comments/39

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On 2010-01-11T08:34:45+00:00 Jaroslav wrote:

The patch is in alsa-lib-1.0.22-1 package.

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-
lib/+bug/451893/comments/45

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On 2010-01-11T14:28:07+00:00 Don wrote:

My yum.log shows that I installed that package on Jan 7.  I thought I
had this occur again on the 8th, but can't be sure now.  Anyway I'll be
sure to note any re-occurrence.

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-
lib/+bug/451893/comments/46


** Changed in: pulseaudio (Fedora)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

** Changed in: pulseaudio (Fedora)
   Importance: Unknown => Critical

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