Re: kernel: request_module[net-pf-10]: fork failed, errno 11

From: Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au)
Date: Sat Jun 08 2002 - 05:22:05 EST


On Sat, 8 Jun 2002 10:43:07 +0100,
Athanasius <link@gurus.tf> wrote:
> I'm seeing a lot of:
>
> kernel: request_module[net-pf-10]: fork failed, errno 11
>
>in syslog, despite the fact I a) I have no IPv6 compiled in the kernel,
>and b) have "alias net-pf-10 off # IPv6" in
>/etc/modules.conf.
> This is using a stock 2.4.18 kernel. I was under the impression that
>the /etc/modules.conf line would lead to such things as above not
>happening. Is the network code doing something slightly askew with
>modules?

That error is occurring before modprobe has run, long before it gets to
modules.conf. You need to find out why fork() for modprobe on your
system is failing with EAGAIN. Have you reached the limit on the
number of tasks?

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