On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Mark Burgess <mark.burg...@iu.hio.no>wrote:
> > Yes, we've seen this before but not for a long time. It means that there > are too many > files, pipes or dbs open. That could be due to a bug (forgot to close > something). As long > as it does not happen again, I wouldn't worry. The problem is likely fixed > in a future > version. If it persists, try to diagnose the source (execd,agent etc) > It appears that cf-execd had the open file-descriptors (possibly pipes to old runs of cf-agent in order to collect the output) - which caused cf-agent to blow the limit soon after it run (cf-agent of course inherits the fds from it's parent process, cf-execd). I am pretty sure of this, because as soon as I restarted cf-execd the problem went away. Lets hope it was a one-off... > > Michael Potter wrote: > > Hi > > > > Recently noticed this error crop up on one of our production servers. > > Never seen it happen anywhere else, including other test and production > > machines: > > > > File descriptor 27 of child 28560 higher than MAX_FD, check for defunct > > children > > File descriptor 27 of child higher than MAX_FD, check for defunct > children > > File descriptor 22 of child 28562 higher than MAX_FD, check for defunct > > children > > File descriptor 22 of child higher than MAX_FD, check for defunct > children > > File descriptor 22 of child 28563 higher than MAX_FD, check for defunct > > children > > File descriptor 22 of child higher than MAX_FD, check for defunct > children > > File descriptor 22 of child 28564 higher than MAX_FD, check for defunct > > children > > File descriptor 22 of child higher than MAX_FD, check for defunct > children > > > > Using 3.0.5p1 on Solaris10/SPARC. > > > > There does not appear to be any defunct processes attached to cf-execd: > > > > $ ps -ef | grep cf- > > root 9727 591 0 Sep 14 ? 0:33 > > /export/rt/cfengine/bin/cf-serverd > > root 9897 591 0 Sep 14 ? 0:49 > > /export/rt/cfengine/bin/cf-execd > > > > $ ptree 9897 > > 591 zsched > > 9897 /export/rt/cfengine/bin/cf-execd > > > > Anyone come across anything like this before? > > > > Cheers > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Help-cfengine mailing list > > Help-cfengine@cfengine.org > > https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine > > -- > Mark Burgess > > ------------------------------------------------- > Professor of Network and System Administration > Oslo University College, Norway > > Personal Web: http://www.iu.hio.no/~mark > Office Telf : +47 22453272 > ------------------------------------------------- >
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