get rid of NR_OPEN and introduce a sysctl_nr_open

NR_OPEN (historically set to 1024*1024) actually forbids processes to open
more than 1024*1024 handles.

Unfortunatly some production servers hit the not so 'ridiculously high
value' of 1024*1024 file descriptors per process.

Changing NR_OPEN is not considered safe because of vmalloc space potential
exhaust.

This patch introduces a new sysctl (/proc/sys/fs/nr_open) wich defaults to
1024*1024, so that admins can decide to change this limit if their workload
needs it.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: export it for sparc64]
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Eric Dumazet
2008-02-06 01:37:16 -08:00
committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 774ed22c21
commit 9cfe015aa4
11 changed files with 41 additions and 10 deletions

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@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/fs:
- inode-max
- inode-nr
- inode-state
- nr_open
- overflowuid
- overflowgid
- suid_dumpable
@@ -91,6 +92,15 @@ usage of file handles and you don't need to increase the maximum.
==============================================================
nr_open:
This denotes the maximum number of file-handles a process can
allocate. Default value is 1024*1024 (1048576) which should be
enough for most machines. Actual limit depends on RLIMIT_NOFILE
resource limit.
==============================================================
inode-max, inode-nr & inode-state:
As with file handles, the kernel allocates the inode structures