Re: FD's again: ulimit shows 1024, but recompiled squid...

I compiled squid 2.0 PATCH2 increasing the filedescriptors to 1024 and
after going through the cachemgr max file descriptors were 1024. So why not
use the stable one.

Irfan Akber

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> From: Klaus-Peter.Neurohr@toshiba-teg.com
> To: squid-users@ircache.net
> Subject: FD's again: ulimit shows 1024, but recompiled squid...
> Date: Thursday, November 26, 1998 8:49 AM
>
> Hello Squid Users,
>
> because it's my first time in this mailinglist, I think it is a good idea
> to shortly introduce myself.
> My Name is Klaus-Peter and I'm working for Toshiba in Germany as a
> networkadministrator for Novell and NT systems and since 1 year also for
> Unix systems. Since English is not my native language, I beg your pardon
> for any mistakes, but I'll try my best :-)
> Short, but this should be enough for the moment.
>
> Now my problem:
>
> I installed a new Linux server with kernel 2.0.36 and applied Oskars
> filehandlepatch 8.04. After recompiling the kernel and a reboot, ulimit
-a
> looks good:
>
> core file size (blocks) 0
> data seg size (kbytes) unlimited
> file size (blocks) unlimited
> max locked memory (kbytes) unlimited
> max memory size (kbytes) unlimited
> open files 1024
> pipe size (512 bytes) 8
> stack size (kbytes) 8192
> cpu time (seconds) unlimited
> max user processes 256
> virtual memory (kbytes) unlimited
>
> Then I installed Squid 2.1 patch 1 and did my ./configure ....
>
> The redirected output looks fine as well:
>
> ...
> checking Default FD_SETSIZE value... 1024
> checking Maximum number of filedescriptors we can open... 1024
> ...
>
> Also autoconf.h seems to be OK
>
> ...
> /* Default FD_SETSIZE value */
> #define DEFAULT_FD_SETSIZE 1024
>
> * Maximum number of open filedescriptors */
> #define SQUID_MAXFD 1024
> ...
>
>
> But after make install and running the cache, a quick look at the general
> runtime information section of the cachemanager interface was
frustrating:
>
> ...
> File descriptor usage for squid:
> Maximum number of file descriptors: 256
> Largest file desc currently in use: 44
> Number of file desc currently in use: 25
> Available number of file descriptors: 231
> Reserved number of file descriptors: 64
> Disk files open: 3
> ...
>
> I read the FAQ and the archived mailinglist up and down, but could not
find
> any hint. Maybe someone has an
> idea what went wrong.
>
> Best regards
>
> KP
>
Received on Thu Nov 26 1998 - 04:50:14 MST