Child dying with "Too many open files"
Michael S. Fischer
michael at dynamine.net
Thu Feb 28 22:56:30 CET 2008
Is varnishd being started as root? (even if it drops privileges
later) Only root can have > 1024 file descriptors open, to my
knowledge.
--Michael
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Andrew Knapp <andrew at imeem.com> wrote:
> Didn't really get a answer to this, so I'm trying again.
>
> I've done some testing with the NFILES variable, and I keep getting the
> same error as before ("Too many open files"). I've also verified that
> the limit is actually being applied by putting a ulimit -a in the
> /etc/init.d/varnish script.
>
> Anyone have any ideas? I'm running the 1.1.2-5 rpms from sf.net on
> Centos 5.1.
>
> Thanks,
> Andy
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: varnish-misc-bounces at projects.linpro.no [mailto:varnish-misc-
> > bounces at projects.linpro.no] On Behalf Of Andrew Knapp
>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 5:52 PM
> > To: Michael S. Fischer
> > Cc: varnish-misc at projects.linpro.no
>
>
> > Subject: RE: Child dying with "Too many open files"
> >
> > Here's the output:
> >
> > $ sysctl fs.file-max
> > fs.file-max = 767606
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: michaelonlaw at gmail.com [mailto:michaelonlaw at gmail.com] On
> > Behalf
> > > Of Michael S. Fischer
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 5:48 PM
> > > To: Andrew Knapp
> > > Cc: varnish-misc at projects.linpro.no
> > > Subject: Re: Child dying with "Too many open files"
> > >
> > > Does 'sysctl fs.file-max' say? It should be >= the ulimit.
> > >
> > > --Michael
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Andrew Knapp <andrew at imeem.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I'm getting this error when running varnishd:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >>
> > > >
> > > > Child said (2, 15369): <<Assert error in wrk_thread(),
> cache_pool.c
> > > line
> > > > 217:
> > > >
> > > > Condition((pipe(w->pipe)) == 0) not true.
> > > >
> > > > errno = 24 (Too many open files)
> > > >
> > > > >>
> > > >
> > > > Cache child died pid=15369 status=0x6
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > uname -a:
> > > >
> > > > Linux <hostname> 2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 #1 SMP Fri Nov 30 00:45:55 EST
> > > 2007
> > > > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > command used to start varnish:
> > > >
> > > > /usr/sbin/varnishd -d -d -a :80 -f /etc/varnish/photo.vcl -T
> > > > <internalIP>:6082 -t 120 -w 10,700,30 -s
> > > > file,/c01/varnish/varnish_storage.bin,12G -u varnish -g varnish -P
> > > > /var/run/varnish.pid
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I have NFILES=270000 set in /etc/sysconfig/varnish. Do I just need
> > to
> > > up
> > > > that value?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Andy
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