On 03/25/2011 06:05 PM, Tim Gardner wrote: > On 03/25/2011 05:49 PM, Scott Ritchie wrote: >> On 03/24/2011 11:09 AM, Leann Ogasawara wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> With the Ubuntu 11.04 Beta-1 release approaching, the Ubuntu Kernel Team >>> felt this would also be an appropriate time to advertise what we intend >>> to be the final kernel configurations for all the main distro and ports >>> kernel flavors. The purpose is to expose the main configuration changes >>> and provide pointers to the full configurations for those who are >>> interested. To aid in the comparison of kernel config changes from >>> Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick) to Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty) we have generated a >>> delta report [1]. We have also posted the full Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu >>> 11.04 configurations for each flavor [2]. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> The Ubuntu Kernel Team >>> >>> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Configs/MaverickToNatty >>> [2] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/configs >>> >>> >> >> Perhaps this is an appropriate time to ask, since I've been trying to >> ask for months now in mailing list/IRC but never apparently to the right >> person... >> >> Can the kernel team please raise the hard limit for file descriptors >> (but keep the soft limit)? >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663090 >> >> I'm having real applications break from this, and the change shouldn't >> affect any app that doesn't request it manually. >> >> Thanks, >> Scott Ritchie >> > > The initial hard limit value is not a CONFIG option, so the only way it > can be changed is by carrying a patch in the kernel, something I would > prefer not to do. This is the macro that initializes the hard limit: > > include/linux/fs.h:#define INR_OPEN 1024 /* Initial > setting for nfile rlimits */ > > What is the issue with having upstart set this limit early in the boot > cycle? Won't all new processes inherit the modified limit? >
Perhaps that's the best solution and I've been looking in the wrong place. I'm not an upstart person/core dev though so I'd really appreciate if someone else took this one. Thanks, Scott Ritchie -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
