Why is "systemd-readahead[xxxx]: Failed to read event: File too large" logged in /var/log/messages?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Following error is logged in /var/log/messages at boot time, this message only seems to appear once in the logs and does not occur at every boot up
Mar 31 15:01:56 hostname systemd-readahead[813]: Failed to read event: File too large
Mar 31 15:01:56 hostname systemd: systemd-readahead-collect.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • kernel-3.10.0-229.1.2.el7

Subscriber exclusive content

A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase of over 48,000 articles and solutions.

Current Customers and Partners

Log in for full access

Log In

New to Red Hat?

Learn more about Red Hat subscriptions

Close

Welcome! Check out the Getting Started with Red Hat page for quick tours and guides for common tasks.