Closing socket for /222.127. xxx.xxx because of error (kafka.network.Processor)

Hi,

I am using the python brod library to write to kafka 8.0.

I am on a 2 core server with 4 gigs of ram on ubuntu 12.04

I have zero clue what the below error means. How do I tweak kafka to get it
to work?

[2014-02-06 07:21:57,001] INFO Closing socket connection to
/222.127.xxx.xxx. (kafka.network.Processor)
[2014-02-06 07:24:15,353] ERROR Closing socket for /222.127. xxx.xxx
because of error (kafka.network.Processor)
java.nio.BufferUnderflowException
at java.nio.HeapByteBuffer.get(HeapByteBuffer.java:145)
at java.nio.ByteBuffer.get(ByteBuffer.java:694)
at kafka.api.ApiUtils$.readShortString(ApiUtils.scala:38)
at kafka.api.ProducerRequest$.readFrom(ProducerRequest.scala:33)
at kafka.api.RequestKeys$$anonfun$1.apply(RequestKeys.scala:34)
at kafka.api.RequestKeys$$anonfun$1.apply(RequestKeys.scala:34)
at kafka.network.RequestChannel$Request.<init>(RequestChannel.scala:49)
at kafka.network.Processor.read(SocketServer.scala:353)
at kafka.network.Processor.run(SocketServer.scala:245)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
[2014-02-06 07:24:56,669] ERROR Closing socket for /222.127.xxx.xxx.
because of error (kafka.network.Processor)
java.nio.BufferUnderflowException
at java.nio.HeapByteBuffer.get(HeapByteBuffer.java:145)
at java.nio.ByteBuffer.get(ByteBuffer.java:694)
at kafka.api.ApiUtils$.readShortString(ApiUtils.scala:38)
at kafka.api.ProducerRequest$.readFrom(ProducerRequest.scala:33)
at kafka.api.RequestKeys$$anonfun$1.apply(RequestKeys.scala:34)
at kafka.api.RequestKeys$$anonfun$1.apply(RequestKeys.scala:34)
at kafka.network.RequestChannel$Request.<init>(RequestChannel.scala:49)
at kafka.network.Processor.read(SocketServer.scala:353)
at kafka.network.Processor.run(SocketServer.scala:245)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)

Thanks