Hi, on one of my Systems I'm seeing a strange phenomenon. When I do a "ls /var/log/named/" that command just freezes. An strace shows that ls is endlessly doing this:
... getdents(3, /* 66 entries */, 32768) = 3888 getdents(3, /* 85 entries */, 32768) = 5000 getdents(3, /* 70 entries */, 32768) = 4128 getdents(3, /* 80 entries */, 32768) = 4696 mremap(0x2b8b2b181000, 311296, 618496, MREMAP_MAYMOVE) = 0x2b8b2b181000 getdents(3, /* 82 entries */, 32768) = 4736 getdents(3, /* 50 entries */, 32768) = 2920 getdents(3, /* 53 entries */, 32768) = 3088 getdents(3, /* 82 entries */, 32768) = 4800 getdents(3, /* 73 entries */, 32768) = 4248 getdents(3, /* 54 entries */, 32768) = 3240 getdents(3, /* 51 entries */, 32768) = 2944 getdents(3, /* 67 entries */, 32768) = 3928 getdents(3, /* 63 entries */, 32768) = 3712 getdents(3, /* 48 entries */, 32768) = 2816 getdents(3, /* 59 entries */, 32768) = 3448 getdents(3, /* 66 entries */, 32768) = 3792 getdents(3, /* 60 entries */, 32768) = 3440 getdents(3, /* 67 entries */, 32768) = 3912 getdents(3, /* 83 entries */, 32768) = 4808 getdents(3, /* 90 entries */, 32768) = 5256 getdents(3, /* 50 entries */, 32768) = 2888 getdents(3, /* 80 entries */, 32768) = 4600 getdents(3, /* 70 entries */, 32768) = 4088 getdents(3, /* 54 entries */, 32768) = 3168 getdents(3, /* 63 entries */, 32768) = 3760 getdents(3, /* 49 entries */, 32768) = 2864 getdents(3, /* 67 entries */, 32768) = 3960 ...
The problem is that this directory only really contains two relatively small log files. I cannot remove the directory because rm gets stuck with the same problem. The only way is to move the directory elsewhere and create a new one though apparently after a while the same thing happens.
So I decided to take the system offline and do a fsck. The check went through without a single error so apparently the filesystem is fine.
Does anyone have an idea what could be going on here?
Regards, Dennis