Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Sat, 14 Dec 2002 15:02:53 +0000 (GMT) | From | Paul Jakma <> | Subject | [patch] Docs: fix explanation of file-nr |
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Hi,
Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt is incorrect wrt to the middle number of /proc/sys/fs/file-nr. The current docs state it is the number of in-use file-handles, from observation this number is actually the number of /unused/ file-handles - we've observe that when it hits 0 we get file handle problems (rather than when it hits == file-max as docs imply). Patch:
--- Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt~ Sat Dec 14 14:58:03 2002 +++ Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt Sat Dec 14 14:58:03 2002 @@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ want to increase this limit. The three values in file-nr denote the number of allocated -file handles, the number of used file handles and the maximum +file handles, the number of unused file handles and the maximum number of file handles. When the allocated file handles come -close to the maximum, but the number of actually used ones is -far behind, you've encountered a peak in your usage of file -handles and you don't need to increase the maximum. +close to the maximum, but the number of unused file handles is +significantly greater than 0, you've encountered a peak in your +usage of file handles and you don't need to increase the maximum. ============================================================== regards, -- Paul Jakma Sys Admin Alphyra paulj@alphyra.ie Warning: /never/ send email to spam@dishone.st or trap@dishone.st
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