Child dying with "Too many open files"

[Andrew Knapp]

Yup, it is. Here's some output:

$ ps auxwww | grep varnish
root     12036  0.0  0.0  27704   648 ?        Ss   14:54   0:00
/usr/sbin/varnishd -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
varnish  12037  1.2  0.4 13119108 39936 ?      Sl   14:54   0:00
/usr/sbin/varnishd -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

-Andy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: michaelonlaw at gmail.com [mailto:michaelonlaw at gmail.com] On Behalf
> Of Michael S. Fischer
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 1:57 PM
> To: Andrew Knapp
> Cc: varnish-misc at projects.linpro.no
> Subject: Re: Child dying with "Too many open files"
> 
> 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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