Hello Mark,

On 09/13/10 15:42, Ihsan Dogan wrote:

>> A detailed log may narrow down the problem area. If the crash
>> occurs within SpamAssassin, that would be: $sa_debug=1;
>> along with $log_level 3 or more (preferably 5).
>
> Ok, I'll try that.

I've changed sa_debug to 1 and log_level to 5. This are the last log 
entries before the crash:

Sep 13 22:04:22 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3003]: [ID 702911 mail.info] 
(03003-02) SA dbg: rules: running rawbody_eval tests; score
so far=14.435
Sep 13 22:04:22 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3003]: [ID 702911 mail.info] 
(03003-02) SA dbg: rules: ran eval rule __MIME_QP ======> go
t hit (1)
Sep 13 22:04:22 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3003]: [ID 702911 mail.info] 
(03003-02) SA dbg: rules: running full tests; score so far=14.435
Sep 13 22:04:22 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3003]: [ID 702911 mail.info] 
(03003-02) SA dbg: rules: running full_eval tests; score so far=14.435
Sep 13 22:04:22 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3003]: [ID 702911 mail.info] 
(03003-02) SA dbg: dns: entering helper-app run mode
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[2957]: [ID 702911 mail.info] 
Net::Server: 2010/09/13-22:04:23 Server closing!
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3004]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03004-01) SpamControl: rundown_child on SpamAssassin done
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3004]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03004-01) child_finish_hook: invoking DESTROY methods
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3004]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03004-01) Amavis::TempDir DESTROY called
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3004]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03004-01) TempDir removal: empty tempdir is being removed: 
/opt/csw/var/amavisn/tmp/amavis-20100913T220417-03004
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3004]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03004-01) rmdir_recursively: 
/opt/csw/var/amavisn/tmp/amavis-20100913T220417-03004, excl=
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3004]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03004-01) rmdir_recursively: 
/opt/csw/var/amavisn/tmp/amavis-20100913T220417-03004/parts, excl=0
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3004]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03004-01) Amavis::Cache DESTROY called
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3001]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03001-02) SpamControl: rundown_child on SpamAssassin done
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3001]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03001-02) child_finish_hook: invoking DESTROY methods
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3001]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03001-02) Amavis::TempDir DESTROY called
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3001]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03001-02) TempDir removal: empty tempdir is being removed: 
/opt/csw/var/amavisn/tmp/amavis-20100913T220412-03001
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3001]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03001-02) rmdir_recursively: 
/opt/csw/var/amavisn/tmp/amavis-20100913T220412-03001, excl=
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3001]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03001-02) rmdir_recursively: 
/opt/csw/var/amavisn/tmp/amavis-20100913T220412-03001/parts, excl=0
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3001]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03001-02) Amavis::Cache DESTROY called
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3005]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03005-01) SpamControl: rundown_child on SpamAssassin done
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3005]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03005-01) child_finish_hook: invoking DESTROY methods
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3005]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03005-01) Amavis::TempDir DESTROY called
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3005]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03005-01) TempDir removal: empty tempdir is being removed: 
/opt/csw/var/amavisn/tmp/amavis-20100913T220419-03005
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3005]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03005-01) rmdir_recursively: 
/opt/csw/var/amavisn/tmp/amavis-20100913T220419-03005, excl=
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3005]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03005-01) rmdir_recursively: 
/opt/csw/var/amavisn/tmp/amavis-20100913T220419-03005/parts, excl=0
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3005]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03005-01) Amavis::Cache DESTROY called
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3003]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03003-02) SpamControl: rundown_child on SpamAssassin done
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3003]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03003-02) child_finish_hook: invoking DESTROY methods
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3003]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03003-02) Amavis::Cache DESTROY called
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3004]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03004-01) Amavis::DB::SNMP DESTROY called
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3005]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03005-01) Amavis::DB::SNMP DESTROY called
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3001]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03001-02) Amavis::DB::SNMP DESTROY called
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3003]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03003-02) Amavis::DB::SNMP DESTROY called
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3003]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03003-02) LMTP> 421 4.3.2 Service shutting down, closing channel
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3003]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03003-02) switch_to_client_time 480 s, smtp response sent
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3003]: [ID 702911 mail.debug] 
(03003-02) Amavis::TempDir DESTROY called
Sep 13 22:04:23 ocswchzrhse01 amavis[3003]: [ID 702911 mail.warning] 
(03003-02) (!)TempDir removal: tempdir is to be PRESERVED: 
/opt/csw/var/amavisn/tmp/amavis-20100913T220416-03003

If needed, I could also provide the complete log file.

>> It seems the crash occurs while attempting to extend the
>> process' virtual memory (the _morecore). Could it be that the
>> swap space is too small? Or perhaps we are dealing with a
>> runaway regular expression.
>
> Oh, this might be the Actually, this might be an issue with VmWare's
> memory balloon driver. I'll try first to disable the vmmemctl driver.

It seems that it's not an issue with vmmemctl (VmWare Balloon Driver). 
I've started the OS without the vmmemctl driver and there is 
definitively no memory issue.




Ihsan

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