OVS is supposed to support at least 256 bridges simultaneously, but the
file descriptor count was a little too low for that.
Bug #8218.
Reported-by: Luca Giraudo <lgira...@nicira.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com>
---
utilities/ovs-ctl.in | 9 +++++----
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ctl.in b/utilities/ovs-ctl.in
index d1df6a8..9bdb3df 100755
--- a/utilities/ovs-ctl.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-ctl.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#! /bin/sh
-# Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011 Nicira Networks, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Nicira Networks, Inc.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -203,9 +203,10 @@ start () {
if daemon_is_running ovs-vswitchd; then
log_success_msg "ovs-vswitchd is already running"
else
- # Increase the limit on the number of open file descriptors since
- # ovs-vswitchd needs a few per bridge
- ulimit -n 4096
+ # Increase the limit on the number of open file descriptors.
+ # ovs-vswitchd needs 16 per datapath, plus a few extra, so this
+ # should allow for 256 (or more) bridges.
+ ulimit -n 5000
# Start ovs-vswitchd.
set ovs-vswitchd unix:"$DB_SOCK"
--
1.7.2.5
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