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Date:      Fri, 13 Apr 2001 15:24:35 +1000 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com>
Cc:        tlambert@primenet.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SOMAXCONN -- not tunable?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104131501390.13944-100000@besplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <200104130008.f3D08nM61301@prism.flugsvamp.com>

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On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Jonathan Lemon wrote:

> In article <local.mail.freebsd-current/200104111854.LAA25459@usr07.primenet.com> you write:
> >Here are patches to make SOMAXCONN tunable from the config files.
> >
> >Right now, it's not possible to override SOMAXCONN.
> 
> 	sysctl -w kern.ipc.somxconn=1024
> 
> SOMAXCONN is just a compile time default, and yes it is not 
> currently tunable at config time.  Does it really have to be?

Of course it doesn't have to be tunable at config time.

> Just stick it in /etc/sysctl.conf, and it gets set before most
> things are started in the system.

Changing the actual limit using either the sysctl or an option breaks
SOMAXCONN.  I think the correct fix is to never define it change
whatever uses it to use sysconf(_SC_SOMAXCONN).  Similarly for all
other manifest constants that aren't actually constant.

Bruce


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