Cgroup change results in "No space left on device" or "Error Code: 5001"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Reclassifying a task produces the following output

    r6 # echo 2035 > /cgroup/cpuset/test/tasks 
    -bash: echo: write error: No space left on device
    
  • Many errors are seen when starting cgroups:

    Oct 12 11:28:18 hostname CGRE[4809]: Started the CGroup Rules Engine Daemon.
    Oct 12 11:28:18 hostname CGRE[4809]: Cgroup change for PID: 4810, UID: 0, GID: 0, PROCNAME: /bin/touch FAILED! (Error Code: 50016)
    Oct 12 11:28:21 hostname CGRE[4809]: Cgroup change for PID: 4812, UID: 0, GID: 0, PROCNAME: /usr/bin/strace FAILED! (Error Code: 50016)
    Oct 12 11:28:21 hostname CGRE[4809]: Cgroup change for PID: 4813, UID: 0, GID: 498, PROCNAME: /bin/cgexec FAILED! (Error Code: 50016)
    Oct 12 11:28:21 hostname CGRE[4809]: Cgroup change for PID: 4813, UID: 0, GID: 498, PROCNAME: /bin/cgexec FAILED! (Error Code: 50016)
    Oct 12 11:28:21 hostname CGRE[4809]: Cgroup change for PID: 4813, UID: 0, GID: 0, PROCNAME: /bin/cgexec FAILED! (Error Code: 50016)
    Oct 12 11:29:08 hostname CGRE[4809]: Cgroup change for PID: 4814, UID: 0, GID: 0, PROCNAME: /bin/ls FAILED! (Error Code: 50016)
    
  • Running strace against cgexec shows:

    # strace -f cgexec -g cpuset:app /bin/bash
    execve("/bin/cgexec", ["cgexec", "-g", "cpuset:app", "/bin/bash"], [/* 47 vars */]) = 0
    .
    .
    . <snip>
    .
    .open("/cgroup/cpuset/app//tasks", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_CLOEXEC, 0666) = 3
    fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
    mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f0e169fc000
    write(3, "4813", 4)                     = -1 ENOSPC (No space left on device)
    close(3)                                = 0
    munmap(0x7f0e169fc000, 4096)            = 0
    write(2, "cgroup change of group failed\n", 30cgroup change of group failed
    ) = 30
    exit_group(50016)
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux MRG RT 2

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