From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail178-30.suw51.mandrillapp.com (mail178-30.suw51.mandrillapp.com [198.2.178.30]) by mail.toke.dk (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 502847E79A6 for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 16:05:23 +0100 (CET) Authentication-Results: mail.toke.dk; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=nexedi.com header.i=thomas.gambier@nexedi.com header.b=PfFsgUhK; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=mandrillapp.com header.i=@mandrillapp.com header.b=oFDayJl1 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; s=mandrill; d=nexedi.com; h=From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Message-Id:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; i=thomas.gambier@nexedi.com; bh=qm5mxqpfghEAb4sQe5HwZHNxPfnB0SmTECTHo0gkkCo=; b=PfFsgUhKXs2SCH4lf1xGtMYkuV963NNJkfgIrDjjQ2OjVp/lIGvzHy9tetXX23mUfym+ddEjwAFN I9T2TszeLSlWR0SPq0telVMNwMRhx+opbOLsJYUswJwqc6VSMoDIRd0kICHMfX+FGi13d9rWh4jw AdWT2bFozCbgTO5vsE8= Received: from pmta05.mandrill.prod.suw01.rsglab.com (127.0.0.1) by mail178-30.suw51.mandrillapp.com id h5q13822s10p for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 15:05:21 +0000 (envelope-from ) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mandrillapp.com; i=@mandrillapp.com; q=dns/txt; s=mandrill; t=1613660721; h=From : Subject : To : Cc : In-Reply-To : References : Message-Id : Date : MIME-Version : Content-Type : Content-Transfer-Encoding : From : Subject : Date : X-Mandrill-User : List-Unsubscribe; bh=qm5mxqpfghEAb4sQe5HwZHNxPfnB0SmTECTHo0gkkCo=; b=oFDayJl100zTQ3EITIsf3tBtmSxNindh7g1Z562L3ZWF49To9+lL3fCUrWYhsGeBHppm6c VRCZ1JS2f0Rxw7sOqY03VL3DiKyIlUh1gMqVoLXqNS8sjh3dRyY+mvT6dBu8WjyvALM0HFXw lCJ3VpWC1IeYBOthVFzTsZj7j9ZZk= From: Thomas Gambier Received: from [87.98.221.171] by mandrillapp.com id 9ecd417a39b64c8f9c978c7927e4d144; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 15:05:21 +0000 X-Sender: thomas.gambier@nexedi.com To: HWJ In-Reply-To: References: <5d87b0c8-6581-a92f-67f6-18fd8074d1c1@stroeder.com> <87lfbmvksw.wl-jch@irif.fr> <96c6497bb7757c121817c7999a591e4f@nexedi.com> <878s7lva1d.wl-jch@irif.fr> Message-Id: <6ea67c584d2e6056c61f63629ee5aac7@nexedi.com> X-Report-Abuse: Please forward a copy of this message, including all headers, to abuse@mandrill.com X-Report-Abuse: You can also report abuse here: http://mandrillapp.com/contact/abuse?id=31050260.9ecd417a39b64c8f9c978c7927e4d144 X-Mandrill-User: md_31050260 Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 15:05:21 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID-Hash: H7PORPRG3TBAZO7PFEDWUXOZWRLSHDWJ X-Message-ID-Hash: H7PORPRG3TBAZO7PFEDWUXOZWRLSHDWJ X-MailFrom: bounce-md_31050260.602e8231.v1-9ecd417a39b64c8f9c978c7927e4d144@mandrillapp.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; suspicious-header CC: Galene X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.2 Precedence: list Subject: [Galene] Re: accept4: too many open files List-Id: =?utf-8?q?Gal=C3=A8ne_videoconferencing_server_discussion_list?= Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On 2021-02-18 14:30, HWJ wrote: >> Opinions? Should Gal=C3=A8ne raise the limit itself, or should it respe= ct >> any >> limit set by the user? > > I'd prefer Gal=C3=A8ne to just emit a warning, e.g.: > > =09consumed 90% of available file descriptors > > Don't rob the sysadmins of their jobs ;) If the role of the sysadmin is to limit the number of open file for a process, he should use the hard limit. Indeed, the soft limit can be increased by the process itself up to the hard limit, so there is really no advantage to ask the sysadmin to do this particular job.