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kern.vm.mmap.return

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NOTICE

Description

This message occurs when an attempt to create a new mapping in the virtual address space of a process has failed.

Corrective Action

(None).

Syslog Message

mmap(2) by %s (pid %d) for size %ld failed: %s, limit %ld, error %d.

Parameters

process_name (STRING): Name of the process with the failed attempt.
process_id (INT): ID of the process with the failed attempt.
size (LONGINT): Size in bytes of the memory map attempt.
message (STRING): Details about the failed memory map attempt.
limit (LONGINT): Size in bytes of the process's virtual memory limit.
errno (INT): The error code returned to the process.