name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5221

[Ralf Hildebrandt]

What does 
name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5221
mean?

Today we booted from 2.6.31 -> 2.6.31.12 and got:

...
[   66.829882] EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
[   67.892792] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5221
[   67.892875] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5214
[   67.892883] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5225
[   67.893033] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5225
[   67.893045] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5225
[   67.893110] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5214
[   67.893118] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5229
[   67.893270] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5229
[   67.893278] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5229
[   67.893392] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5214
[   67.893401] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5233
[   67.893555] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5233
[   67.893563] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5233
[   67.893634] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5214
[   67.893643] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5237
[   67.893792] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5237
[   67.893801] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5237
[   67.893868] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5214
[   67.893877] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5241
[   67.894010] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5241
[   67.894019] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5241
[   67.993863] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5258
[   67.993934] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   67.993943] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5262
[   67.994130] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5262
[   67.994138] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5262
[   67.994268] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   67.994277] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5266
[   67.994593] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5266
[   67.994602] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5266
[   67.994670] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   67.994684] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5270
[   67.995138] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5270
[   67.995148] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5270
[   67.995222] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   67.995231] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5274
[   67.995369] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5274
[   67.995377] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5274
[   67.995440] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   67.995450] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5278
[   67.995590] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5278
[   67.995599] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5278
[   67.995663] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   67.995672] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5282
[   67.995833] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5282
[   67.995841] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5282
[   67.995906] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   67.995914] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5286
[   67.996126] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5286
[   67.996135] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5286
[   67.996202] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   67.996211] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5290
[   67.996391] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5290
[   67.996400] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5290
[   67.996483] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   67.996491] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5294
[   67.996948] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5294
[   67.996958] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5294
[   67.997028] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   67.997036] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5298
[   67.997190] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5298
[   67.997198] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5298
[   67.997272] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   67.997280] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5302
[   67.997726] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5302
[   67.997737] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5302
[   67.997808] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   67.997817] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5306
[   67.998233] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5306
[   67.998247] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5306
[   67.998322] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   67.998330] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5310
[   67.998722] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5310
[   67.998732] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5310
[   67.998928] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   67.998937] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5314
[   67.999206] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5314
[   67.999216] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5314
[   67.999295] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   67.999304] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5318
[   67.999600] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5318
[   67.999608] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5318
[   67.999680] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   67.999688] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5322
[   67.999844] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5322
[   67.999853] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5322
[   67.999915] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   67.999924] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5326
[   68.000152] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5326
[   68.000161] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5326
[   68.000225] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   68.000233] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5330
[   68.000415] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5330
[   68.000423] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5330
[   68.000487] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   68.000495] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5334
[   68.000741] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5334
[   68.000750] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5334
[   68.000842] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   68.000851] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5338
[   68.001034] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5338
[   68.001043] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5338
[   68.001104] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   68.001112] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5342
[   68.001278] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5342
[   68.001286] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5342
[   68.001350] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   68.001359] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5346
[   68.001518] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5346
[   68.001527] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5346
[   68.001596] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5251
[   68.001604] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5350
[   68.001810] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5350
[   68.001819] name_count maxed, losing inode data: dev=00:05, inode=5350
[   68.119718] EXT4-fs (dm-0): barriers enabled
...

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Ralf Hildebrandt
  Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk
  Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  Campus Benjamin Franklin
  Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin
  Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 | Fax: +49 30 450 570 962
  ralf.hildebrandt at charite.de | http://www.charite.de