From 9cfe015aa424b3c003baba3841a60dd9b5ad319b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 01:37:16 -0800 Subject: get rid of NR_OPEN and introduce a sysctl_nr_open NR_OPEN (historically set to 1024*1024) actually forbids processes to open more than 1024*1024 handles. Unfortunatly some production servers hit the not so 'ridiculously high value' of 1024*1024 file descriptors per process. Changing NR_OPEN is not considered safe because of vmalloc space potential exhaust. This patch introduces a new sysctl (/proc/sys/fs/nr_open) wich defaults to 1024*1024, so that admins can decide to change this limit if their workload needs it. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: export it for sparc64] Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Cc: Alan Cox Cc: Richard Henderson Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky Cc: "David S. Miller" Cc: Ralf Baechle Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/fs.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/linux/fs.h') diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 19aab50c3b8e..109734bf6377 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ /* Fixed constants first: */ #undef NR_OPEN -#define NR_OPEN (1024*1024) /* Absolute upper limit on fd num */ +extern int sysctl_nr_open; #define INR_OPEN 1024 /* Initial setting for nfile rlimits */ #define BLOCK_SIZE_BITS 10 -- cgit v1.2.1