apport-retrace crashed with OSError in _execute_child(): [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apport |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
apport (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Martin Pitt |
Bug Description
$ apport-retrace -g -R -S system _usr_sbin_
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/
report.
File "/usr/lib/
package = apport.
File "/usr/lib/
return packaging.
File "/usr/lib/
stdout=
File "/usr/lib/
errread, errwrite)
File "/usr/lib/
self.pid = os.fork()
OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory
ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: apport-retrace 1.23-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportLog:
ERROR: apport (pid 8660) Fri Apr 13 11:17:55 2012: called for pid 8659, signal 6
ERROR: apport (pid 8660) Fri Apr 13 11:17:55 2012: executable: /home/mrae/a.out (command line "./a.out")
ERROR: apport (pid 8660) Fri Apr 13 11:17:55 2012: executable does not belong to a package, ignoring
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CrashReports: 600:1000:
Date: Fri Apr 13 13:47:49 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitec
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/
PythonArgs: ['/usr/
SourcePackage: apport
Title: apport-retrace crashed with OSError in _execute_child(): [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-01-23 (81 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare
tags: | removed: need-duplicate-check |
Changed in apport (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in apport: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Indeed it seems that apport-retrace has a rather huge memory leak somewhere, I'll investigate this. Thanks for your report!