On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> wrote: >> >> Seeing the work that is done on nginx as Daily changelog shows I was >> >> thinking the same, that eventualy nginx will replace httpd (it cannot >> >> replace apache). >> >> About that "too many files open", I run it this once, but Stuart >> >> Henderson suggested to alter the values in /etc/login.conf. I was >> >> expecting some decent values there, but I found out from FAQ that the >> >> default file has the corespondent values for the minimal hardware >> >> system OpenBSD is able to run on, so the giant machines need >> >> adjusting. >> > >> >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> >> wrote: >> > Balony. >> > >> > If software cannot cope intelligently with soft resource limits, >> > then such software is probably broken. >> > >> > Otherwise, let's just remove the entire resource limit subsystem, ok? >> >> No need to remove it I think, because the sole usage of it has a >> purpose since you've put it there from the start. >> I can't call xxxterm as being probably broken because my knowledge and >> position don't allow me to do that. This package asks for minimum 1024 >> file descriptors > > What happens if it opens 1025 files? > >> and recommands 2048. > > What happens if it opens 2049 files? > >> I modified openfiles-max in >> login.conf. That was the closest place I found to fulfill the request. >> The other application is shotwell, it crashes when you try to open in >> thumbnails mode a direcotry full of pictures. I don't know why the >> developers used the opening all files at once approach. > > So you crank your limits. > > What happens if it opens 1 file more than your limits? > > You crank the limits, again. > > What happens if it opens 1 file more than your new limits? > > When do you realize that you are the problem, because you don't > tell the developers to fix their software so that it works in the > resource limits allocated to it? > > Instead, you'll crank your file limits to... let me guess, unlimited? > > And when you hit the system-wide limit, then what happens? > > Then it is our systems problem, isn't it. >
i am not sure if you're a suggesting that each program do getrlimit and acquire resources based on that, because it's a pita what they could do is offer a reliable estimate (e.g. 5 open files per tab required)
