Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:36:10 -0500 From: Howard Goldstein <hg@queue.to> To: MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: too many open files Message-ID: <4ED4370A.3090601@queue.to> In-Reply-To: <E194A4DE220BBE4FAF3AB7C4E7EDA08601D57165@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal> References: <E194A4DE220BBE4FAF3AB7C4E7EDA08601D57165@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal>
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On 11/28/2011 19:07, Murray Taylor wrote: > > My /etc/gamin/gaminrc contains this > > fsset ufs none > fsset msdosfs none > (zfs and nfs too, if appropriate) > > and I still have 16564 files associated with gam_server in fstat out > of 17424 open files reported by sysctl kern.openfiles > > It appears that gam_server doesn't play nice with kill -HUP ( there are > 6 processes running) > and also doesn't play nice with x-org/KDE as I can often > get a program hang/crash as the kernel bitches about too many open files > Kmail is particularly susceptible to this. > > What actually initiates it as there appears to be no related entry > in either /etc/rc.d or /usr/local/etc/rc.d ? > > Currently, it is a waste of space to me, and a cause of program > instability! pkg_info -R gamin\* should lead you to an ICBM coordinates suitable for nuking and ridding yourself of the thing. I had the opposite problem where I have production box on a desktop that wants to keep monitoring (we use nautilus) but gamin_server out of the box chews up a lot of processor time (the fix for this was kernel notification for my ufs and zfs)
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