From 9cfe015aa424b3c003baba3841a60dd9b5ad319b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 01:37:16 -0800 Subject: get rid of NR_OPEN and introduce a sysctl_nr_open NR_OPEN (historically set to 1024*1024) actually forbids processes to open more than 1024*1024 handles. Unfortunatly some production servers hit the not so 'ridiculously high value' of 1024*1024 file descriptors per process. Changing NR_OPEN is not considered safe because of vmalloc space potential exhaust. This patch introduces a new sysctl (/proc/sys/fs/nr_open) wich defaults to 1024*1024, so that admins can decide to change this limit if their workload needs it. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: export it for sparc64] Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Cc: Alan Cox Cc: Richard Henderson Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky Cc: "David S. Miller" Cc: Ralf Baechle Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- arch/mips/kernel/sysirix.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'arch/mips/kernel') diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/sysirix.c b/arch/mips/kernel/sysirix.c index 4c477c7ff74..22fd41e946b 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/sysirix.c +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/sysirix.c @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ asmlinkage int irix_syssgi(struct pt_regs *regs) retval = NGROUPS_MAX; goto out; case 5: - retval = NR_OPEN; + retval = sysctl_nr_open; goto out; case 6: retval = 1; -- cgit v1.2.3