Child dying with "Too many open files"

[Michael S. Fischer]

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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