On 26 Oct 2016, at 11:14, Luis Ugalde <forondar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Could you please have a look at https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/2/2/538 and see > if this makes any sense to you? I've been checking kernel changes > between linux_3.16.7 and linux_3.16.36, and this has popped out. Could this > be the reason for the "too many references" errors?
Does the attached patch help?
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> > Regards, > > Luis Ugalde. > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Luis Ugalde <forondar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> >> A while ago I sent an email regarding these "*ETOOMANYREFS* Too many >> references: cannot splice." that we've seen since Debian updated the Jessie >> kernel to >> >> 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u3 (2016-01-17) x86_64 >> >> while older kernels, like 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian >> 3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u6 (2015-11-09) x86_64 showed no errors at all. >> >> I was wondering if no one else is getting these errors, or if you know any >> workarounds that might probe useful, apart from downgrading the kernel. >> >> >> I would say that the infrastructure we're running is quite standard, with >> directors balancing users to NFS backed dovecot servers. >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> Luis Ugalde. >> >> >> >>
