Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> writes:
> My suggestion would be to redefine max_files_per_process as the number of
> files we try to be able to open in backends. I.e. set_max_safe_fds() would
> first count the number of already open fds (since those will largely be
> inherited by child processes) and then check if we can open up to
> max_files_per_process files in addition. Adjusting the RLIMIT_NOFILE if
> necessary.
Seems plausible. IIRC we also want 10 or so FDs available as "slop"
for code that doesn't go through fd.c.
> And when using something like io_uring for AIO, it'd allow to
> max_files_per_process in addition to the files requires for the io_uring
> instances.
Not following? Surely we'd not be configuring that so early in
postmaster start?
regards, tom lane
