Alerts from pfBlockerNG about filter reload

veldthui

Starting to get Alerts from pfBlockerNG about filter reload errors. The error is

Filter Reload
There were error(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:32: cannot define table pfB_PRI2_v4: Cannot allocate memory - The line in question reads [32]: table &lt;pfB_PRI2_v4&gt; persist file &quot;/var/db/aliastables/pfB_PRI2_v4.txt&quot;
@ 2020-05-25 15:13:59

Using the devel version 2.2.5_32. Tried a reinstall and get the same error.

Gertjan

... and you're using 2.4.5 ?

Check out : https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/10414 and the many related forum threads.
Are you using a VM ? Then solutions exists.
Lowering the number of feeds in pfBlockerNG is also a solution.

veldthui

Yes 2.4.5 release. No not using a VM. Using a small PC with 8GB ram which it is using about 26%. Don't have high CPU use or high load. Have a 4 core CPU and usage is about 11% on each core. Also don't have that many feeds turned on. Mainly just ads and malware feeds. The system has been stable since I put it in well over a year ago with the only times it reboots is when the power goes off and the UPS runs out of battery. Here is the load over the last 24 hours. The blip is when I rebooted the unit.
Load is running from 0.35 to 0.60

veldthui

I think I have this fixed now. I had a couple of lists reporting errors on downloading and that they were using previous data. As they had been down for a few weeks I decided to remove them and the error messages have stopped. These down lists had been giving giving errors for 2 weeks or more before this issue appeared.