rsyslogd error epoll_ctl failed on fd

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • In /var/log/messages there is a error:
rsyslogd-2163: epoll_ctl failed on fd 551, id 0/0x7f1e442ae350, op 1 with File exists : File exists 
  • Getting epoll alert in /var/log/messages.
  • Finally, the rsyslog process is killed by Out of Memory.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3
  • rsyslog

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