Samba "Out of memory"

[tordenflesk]

I'm suddenly not able to reliably transfer files to USB-connected HDD.
Using Bvckup 2 to backup files, The CPU gets maxed as soon as I try to transfer any file, eventually leading to the router becoming entirely unavailable (other than SSH) for 20 seconds before (sometimes) recovering and spitting out an error to the log:

kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda1) in ext3_delete_inode: Out of memory
kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda1) in ext3_mkdir: Out of memory

I've tried downgrading and resetting to factory defaults.

 

[bbunge]

One way to fix this is to add a thumb drive and set up a swap file on it. Google adding swap to Asus for instructions.

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[tordenflesk]

I already have a stick for ab-solution etc. Not sure how adding swap lowers CPU-usage, bu feel free to enlighten me. memory usage is about 80-90% when trying to move over a small file (a few kb)

 

[thelonelycoder]

I already have a stick for ab-solution etc. Not sure how adding swap lowers CPU-usage, bu feel free to enlighten me. memory usage is about 80-90% when trying to move over a small file (a few kb)

The high CPU usage may be caused by a problem with the device.
Still, the swap file might solve it as the RAM usage seems already high.
Create the swap file and then you can add the line to use it to /jffs/scripts/post-mount in this part:

if [ "$1" = "/tmp/mnt/<Entware device>" ];then
    ln -nsf $1/entware /tmp/opt
    swapon /tmp/mnt/<Entware device>/myswap.swp
fi

My swap file is on the Entware device, change to device name/label you use.

 

[ColinTaylor]

Not sure how adding swap lowers CPU-usage,

It doesn't, but your problem is not CPU but you are running out of memory. The high CPU is just a consequence of the memory problem. Do you have 1000's of files on your HDD?