Hi All,
What causes "proc: table is full", or better asked, what limit might I be
hitting?
I wrote a quick loop to check how many processes are running i.e.
> while true
> do
> DATE=`date +'%Y.%m.%d %H:%M:%S'`
> echo -n "${DATE}: "
> ps -AHk | wc -l
> sleep 90
> done
> 2021.01.19 12:59:21: 1821
> 2021.01.19 13:00:51: 1731
> 2021.01.19 13:02:21: 1698
> 2021.01.19 13:03:52: 1696
> ...
I have yet to see a high of more than ~2000.
Sysctl shows me these proc values:
> kern.maxproc=8192
> kern.nprocs=283
I am the only user on the machine (Xfce Desktop and too many browser
tabs). I am a member of "staff" so I think these limits apply:
> staff:\
> :datasize-cur=8192M:\
> :datasize-max=infinity:\
> :maxproc-cur=7500:\
> :maxproc-max=10000:\
> :openfiles-cur=15000:\
> :openfiles-max=20000:\
> :ignorenologin:\
> :requirehome@:\
> :tc=default:
Running "limit" in my shell (zsh) shows:
> cputime unlimited
> filesize unlimited
> datasize 8192MB
> stacksize 4MB
> coredumpsize unlimited
> memoryuse 31608MB
> memorylocked 10537MB
> maxproc 7500
> descriptors 15000
Also, a related question ... that message shows up in the output of dmesg
and also gets logged to the messages file, but it isn't reported in my
Xconsole window. In there I see stuff like this:
> Console log for mjoelnir
> drm:pid64450:intel_pipe_update_start *ERROR* [drm] *ERROR* Potential atomic
> update failure on pipe A
> uvm_mapent_alloc: out of static map entries
But no corresponding proc table full messages. Is it not considered to be
important enough to also go to this console?
Thanks in advance!
Cheers,
Robb.
