Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:35:47 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: racinej@mcmaster.ca, freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gnome 2.16.1, hald, and openfiles... Message-ID: <45425183.8070108@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <op.th3e64ks9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> References: <1161970619.683.5.camel@pc-racine1.mcmaster.ca> <45424684.4060203@FreeBSD.org> <op.th3e64ks9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jeremy Messenger wrote: > On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:48:52 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke > <marcus@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > Jeffrey Racine wrote: >>>> Hi. >>>> >>>> I have traced my open files issue on my machine to hald. This does not >>>> occur on my notebook, just my desktop... >>>> >>>> uname -a >>>> FreeBSD pc-racine1.mcmaster.ca 6.1 >>>> >>>> Symptom - if hald is enabled, the number of open files grows and >>>> eventually hits any limit set (25000 currently). If I kill hald, files >>>> immediately revert to a stable number... >>>> >>>> No hald running... >>>> >>>> sysctl kern.openfiles >>>> kern.openfiles: 1208 >>>> sleep 10 >>>> sysctl kern.openfiles >>>> kern.openfiles: 1208 >>>> >>>> hald running... >>>> >>>> hald >>>> sysctl kern.openfiles >>>> kern.openfiles: 1233 >>>> sleep 10 >>>> sysctl kern.openfiles >>>> kern.openfiles: 1240 >>>> sleep 20 >>>> sysctl kern.openfiles >>>> kern.openfiles: 1252 >>>> >>>> Looks like something is failing to close files, and any suggestions most >>>> welcome. > > Since you did not actually provide a list of opened files, I cannot say > for sure, but this seems like a known bug in FreeBSD 6.1 with libcam. > If you upgrade to 6.2-BETA this will go away. > >> It sounds like it's worth to add about this in the known issue. Actually, I was just reminded that I committed this fix right before 6.1 was released, so this must be something different. However, it will affect 6.0 and 5.5 users (who should be upgrading anyway). Joe - -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFQlGCb2iPiv4Uz4cRAlVFAJ44oFnSbq3pFKizt9oIxd3PaehVIQCdFC8k kntqaa8p7eil6VyP4+rgFfw= =LQpm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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