In "/var/log", "kern.log" "messages" "syslog" swamp disk partition

[Masatran (Deepak), R.]

* Masatran (Deepak), R. <masatran at research.iiit.ac.in> 2006-09-25
> Periodically (every few hours or so), the files "kern.log" "messages"
> "syslog" in /var/log grow large (half a gigabyte each) till the disk
> partition is full.

The contents of "kern.log" "messages" "syslog" are attached. These lines repeat
till the disk partition is full.

I am currently using:

    sudo rm /var/log/{kern.log,messages,syslog}

"/var/log/kern.log":

    Sep 25 17:45:34 localhost kernel: [17190852.760000] cur_rx:2179757, dirty_rx:2179757
    Sep 25 17:45:34 localhost kernel: [17190852.760000] eth0: NULL pointer encountered in Rx ring

"/var/log/messages":

    Sep 25 17:45:34 localhost kernel: [17190852.772000] cur_rx:2179757, dirty_rx:2179757
    Sep 25 17:45:34 localhost kernel: [17190852.772000] eth0: NULL pointer encountered in Rx ring

"/var/log/syslog":

    Sep 25 17:45:34 localhost kernel: [17190852.760000] cur_rx:2179757, dirty_rx:2179757
    Sep 25 17:45:34 localhost kernel: [17190852.760000] eth0: NULL pointer encountered in Rx ring
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