OS: Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS - Ubuntu 4.4.0-47.68-generic 4.4.24
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Pro4S
GPU: Asus Nvidia GTX 770 with 367.57 drivers
Storage: Corsair 256 GB SSD, Toshiba 3 TB HDD, Hitachi 2 TB HDD
Here's a small sample of the errors: http://pastebin.com/b2Jv8z37
While these errors definitely have a purpose, these error messages are created far too quickly, and this causes severe problems on my system at least, the logs become bloated with these messages, completely filling my root partition, preventing me from using my system. I believe that anyone else who is able to trigger these messages at such a high rate will have the same problem.
Based on the amount of messages and the time given for each, it appears that this error message appears approximately 1000 times per second (on my system), creating 3000 lines per second or ~400000 bytes per second (on my system). This fills up about 1.4 GB per hour (on my system) which fills up my root partition in less than a day. Once my root partition is filled, my system becomes unusable.
My preferred solution to this issue is to limit the rate at which these messages appear. A limit of one error message per second seems like a good idea.
Also, I tried reporting this to the Linux kernel devs, I'm not exactly sure if either of these places is the right place but hopefully somebody will be able to fix this issue. Here is the link to the other bug report https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188331
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ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: aaronfranke 2674 F...m pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC0: aaronfranke 2674 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC2: aaronfranke 2674 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC1: aaronfranke 2674 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=1fcb1225-87da-4148-9227-bedf5fe47d08
Lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04b4:1007 Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 045e:076c Microsoft Corp. Comfort Mouse 4500
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:09a1 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Communicate MP/S5500
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcFB: 0 EFI VGA
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-47-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=b5b971ee-cfa4-435f-9699-2543a4f50bd3 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-47.68-generic 4.4.24
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-47-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-47-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.157.5
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Tags: xenial
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-47-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 08/13/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P1.40
dmi.board.name: Z170M Pro4S
dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.40:bd08/13/2015:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnZ170MPro4S:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:
apport-collect 1643719
and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.
If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.
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