Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:07:46 +1100 From: "Murray Taylor" <MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au> To: "Adam Vande More" <amvandemore@gmail.com>, "Robert Huff" <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: too many open files Message-ID: <E194A4DE220BBE4FAF3AB7C4E7EDA08601D57044@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK2xndYAdRutGiB%2B1qGxeWhOTF5k_MACm=U%2BoGxTT%2BTWSg@mail.gmail.com>
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I have have the same issue on a 8.0-RELEASE box and found with=20 fstat the tgam_server was holding 12511 open files ... A what purpose does this serve (google seems to indicate that it is to speed up file access....) B howinhell can I clobber it so it releases the files OR=20 (preferably) doesn't start doing this or anything...?=20 --=20 Murray Taylor Bytecraft Systems Special Projects Engineer P: +61 3 8710 0600 D: +61 3 9238 5168 F: +61 3 9238 5140 =20|_|0|_| "Absence of evidence =20|_|_|0| is not evidence of absence" =20|0|0|0| Carl Sagan =20 -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Adam Vande More Sent: Monday, 28 November 2011 1:57 PM To: Robert Huff Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: too many open files On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote: > After rebooting, I have been keeping track of kern.openfiles. > Just after boot, it was about 575. Two hours later, it is over 3100 > and climbing slowly but steadily. (There are moments when the > number drops by <5 ... but then goes up again.) > How do I figure out what is doing this? Looking at the process > list (appended) I see no obvious candidates. > > fstat(1) --=20 Adam Vande More _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please inform the sender and/or addressee immediately and delete the material.=20 E-mails may not be secure, may contain computer viruses and may be corrupted in transmission. Please carefully check this e-mail (and any attachment) accordingly. No warranties are given and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage caused by such matters. --------------------------------------------------------------- ### This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses by Bytecraft ###
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