Messages in this thread |  | | | From | "David Schwartz" <> | | Subject | RE: First draft list of 2.3.x "Things to fix" | | Date | Thu, 6 Jan 2000 23:33:08 -0800 |
| |
> On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 12:18:09AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > > } Poll on > 16000 file handles fails > > > > Sorry if this has been commented on before, but is there more > information > > > on this? > > > It causes a kmalloc too big error > > In a single process or system wide???? If the former, that's one > heck of a process. If the later, I've got a couple of mailing > list engines > that are real close to that many file handles. > > Mike
If a single process attempts to poll on more than 16,000 file descriptors, it fails. I hit this limit all the time and would really appreciate it being fixed.
DS
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
|  |