作者提出的问题是这样的：
一台测试的
服务器，停电再起来后发现listener起不来，报错如下：
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=192.168.191.100)(PORT=1521)))
Error listening on: (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(PARTIAL=yes)(QUEUESIZE=1))
No longer listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=192.168.191.100)(PORT=1521)))
TNS-12549: TNSperating system resource quota exceeded
TNS-12560: TNSrotocol adapter error
TNS-00519: Operating system resource quota exceeded
Linux Error: 28: No space left on device
对于这个提示，一般的直觉反映是
磁盘空间用完了，不过这个错误肯定大家都能发现：
首先查看log文件，已经2G了，打开看看日志里面也没发现什么异常，认为日志是自然增长到这么大的，于是直接cat /dev/null>listener.log把日志清空。然后listener还是起不来，仍然报上面的错误。之后重启机器，还是不行，检查磁盘空间也没有问题。
显然没这么简单，以前的一些经验，当系统信号量不足时也可能导致这类错误提示。
不过作者最后发现的问题是inode耗尽。
在Linux上，我们可以用df -i来查看inode的分配情况：
[oracle@jumper elog]$ df -i
Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on
/dev/hda3 131616 25376 106240 20% /
/dev/hda1 66264 35 66229 1% /boot
/dev/hda5 1048576 37166 1011410 4% /data1
/dev/hda9 294336 6020 288316 3% /home
/dev/hda6 1048576 20467 1028109 2% /opt
none 64193 1 64192 1% /dev/shm
/dev/hda8 524288 87362 436926 17% /usr
/dev/hda7 524288 1598 522690 1% /var
如果inode耗尽，则系统上将不能创建文件。监听器就可能无法启动。
作者当时耗尽的/var下的inode，那么Oracle监听器是否需要使用var下的空间呢？
我们看一下测试：
[oracle@jumper tmp]$ strace -o lsnrctl.log lsnrctl start
LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 9.2.0.4.0 - Production on 09-JUL-2007 15:45:09
Copyright (c) 1991, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Starting /opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/bin/tnslsnr: please wait...
TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 9.2.0.4.0 - Production
System parameter file is /opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/network/admin/listener.ora
Log messages written to /opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/network/log/listener.log
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=EXTPROC)))
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=172.16.33.11)(PORT=1521)))
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC)))
umovestr: Input/output error
STATUS of the LISTENER
------------------------
Alias LISTENER
Version TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 9.2.0.4.0 - Production
Start Date 09-JUL-2007 15:45:09
Uptime 0 days 0 hr. 0 min. 0 sec
Trace Level off
Security OFF
SNMP OFF
Listener Parameter File /opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/network/admin/listener.ora
Listener Log File /opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/network/log/listener.log
Listening Endpoints Summary...
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=EXTPROC)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=172.16.33.11)(PORT=1521)))
Services Summary...
Service "
LSExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "
LSExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "eygle" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "eygle", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "julia" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "eygle", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
The command completed successfully
检查一下跟踪文件：
[oracle@jumper tmp]$ grep var lsnrctl.log
execve("/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/bin/lsnrctl", ["lsnrctl", "start"], [/* 33 vars */]) = 0
connect(4, {sa_family=AF_UNIX, path="/var/run/.nscd_socket"}, 110) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
access("/var/tmp/.oracle", F_OK) = 0
access("/var/tmp/.oracle/sEXTPROC", F_OK) = 0
connect(4, {sa_family=AF_UNIX, path="/var/tmp/.oracle/sEXTPROC"}, 110) = 0
启动监听文件后，/var/tmp/.oracle目录下会创建两个文件，用于外部
存储过程调用的监听和本地监听：
[oracle@jumper tmp]$ ll /var/tmp/.oracle/ |wc -l
16
[oracle@jumper tmp]$ lsnrctl stop
LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 9.2.0.4.0 - Production on 09-JUL-2007 15:46:08
Copyright (c) 1991, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC)))
The command completed successfully
[oracle@jumper tmp]$ ll /var/tmp/.oracle/ |wc -l
14
[oracle@jumper tmp]$ lsnrctl start
LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 9.2.0.4.0 - Production on 09-JUL-2007 15:46:13
Copyright (c) 1991, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Starting /opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/bin/tnslsnr: please wait...
TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 9.2.0.4.0 - Production
System parameter file is /opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/network/admin/listener.ora
Log messages written to /opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/network/log/listener.log
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=EXTPROC)))
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=172.16.33.11)(PORT=1521)))
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
------------------------
Alias LISTENER
Version TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 9.2.0.4.0 - Production
Start Date 09-JUL-2007 15:46:13
Uptime 0 days 0 hr. 0 min. 0 sec
Trace Level off
Security OFF
SNMP OFF
Listener Parameter File /opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/network/admin/listener.ora
Listener Log File /opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/network/log/listener.log
Listening Endpoints Summary...
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=EXTPROC)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=172.16.33.11)(PORT=1521)))
Services Summary...
Service "
LSExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "
LSExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "eygle" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "eygle", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "julia" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "eygle", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
The command completed successfully
[oracle@jumper tmp]$ ll /var/tmp/.oracle/ |wc -l
16
[oracle@jumper tmp]$ ll .oracle/
total 0
srwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 0 Jan 18 2006 s#11126.1
srwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 0 Jan 3 2007 s#12200.1
srwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 0 Apr 24 2006 s#14328.1
srwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 0 Oct 20 2006 s#14420.1
srwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 0 May 8 2006 s#15102.1
srwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 0 Mar 18 2005 s#16499.1
srwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 0 Jul 9 15:46 s#16661.1
srwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 0 May 18 2006 s#21975.1
srwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 0 Jun 28 2005 s#23361.1
srwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 0 Nov 3 2006 s#27269.1
srwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 0 Nov 10 2006 s#4200.1
srwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 0 Oct 17 2006 s#6146.1
srwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 0 Aug 28 2006 s#6565.1
srwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 0 Jun 27 2006 s#9884.1
srwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 0 Jul 9 15:46 sEXTPROC
这个原因才是导致监听器无法启动的罪魁祸首。
