> hax0rs, > > In sys/conf/param.c (in -STABLE), both maxfiles and maxfilesperproc are > set equal to MAXFILES. This doesn't make much sense to me. It seems that > maxfiles should be set to be greater than maxfilesperproc by default, so > that one process can't consume all of the file descriptors. > > I noticed this while building a system that will be running some very > large processes with many open files, so set maxfilesperproc on that box > equal to MAXFILES - 512, but this metric is not appropriate for systems > with small MAXUSERS (like GENERIC). So... > > 1. Should maxfiles be, by default, larger than maxfilesperproc?
Not really; these numbers are just ultra-hard limits. You should typically use login classes and the per-process limits to enforce these controls. -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msm...@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msm...@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
