Re: [CentOS] tmpfs says "No space left on device"

On 1 December 2010 14:13, Adam Tauno Williams awilliam@whitemice.org wrote:

I have a server where we use tmpfs as a cache for temporary files used by a web application.  But occasionally this tmpfs thinks it is full when it isn't.

[root@flask-yellow tmpfs]# touch file touch: cannot touch `file': No space left on device [root@flask-yellow tmpfs]# df -k Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on none                    393216     19296    373920   5% /srv/tmpfs

Simply unmounting and remounting /srv/tmpfs resolves the issue.

2.6.18-164.11.1.el5

Any suggestions as to the cause of this or workarounds are appreciated.

Webserver process holding the file handles open so that the space doesn't get released maybe?