On Nov 14, 5:03 pm, Tobias Oberstein <tobias.oberst...@tavendo.de> wrote: > > > I need 50k sockets + 100 files. > > > > Thus, this is even more strange: the Python (a Twisted service) will > > > happily accept 50k sockets, but as soon as you do open() a file, it'll > > > bail out. > > > A limit of 32k smells like a overflow in a signed int. Perhaps your system > > is > > able and configured to handle more than 32k FDs but you hit an artificial > > limit > > because some C code or API has a overflow. This seems to be a known bug in > > FreeBSDhttp://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2010- > > July/040689.html > > This is unbelievable. > > I've just tested: the bug (in libc) is still there on FreeBSD 8.2 p3 ... both > on i386 > _and_ amd64. > > Now I'm f***d;( > > A last chance: is it possible to compile Python for not using libc fopen(), > but the Posix open()? > > Thanks anyway for this hint!
Have you tried/or is it possible to get your 100 or whatever files first, before your sockets? hth Jon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
