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Date:      Fri, 23 Jan 2004 09:05:49 -0800
From:      Alex Boisvert <boisvert@intalio.com>
To:        freebsd-threads@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: "maxthr" state
Message-ID:  <4011546D.9010904@intalio.com>
In-Reply-To: <40115126.8040106@intalio.com>
References:  <200401211521.35918.avleeuwen@piwebs.com> <40115126.8040106@intalio.com>

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Nevermind, I discovered the kernel sysctl 
"kern.threads.max_threads_per_proc" with default value 150.  I bumped 
the value to 300 and the app runs fine.  (We simulate 250 clients with 
250 connections or threads, hence the need for a large value...)

alex

Alex Boisvert wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> What does the following "maxthr" state mean?  (output from top)
>
>  PID USERNAME PRI NICE   SIZE    RES STATE  C   TIME   WCPU    CPU 
> COMMAND
>  854 boisvert  20    0   432M 36936K maxthr 1   0:06  0.00%  0.00% java
>
> Does it mean I'm running into a maximum number of thread limit?  If 
> so, how I can increase the number of threads?
>
> My application uses a large number of threads and just goes to sleep 
> at some point.  I can provide more details or debug output if necessary.
>
> TIA,
> alex
>
>
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