From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 28 03:42:17 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A48F106566C for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:42:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au) Received: from bcmelmx.bytecraft.au.com (bcmelmx.bytecraft.au.com [203.39.118.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 910D38FC12 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:42:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svmailmarshal.bytecraft.internal (svmailmarshal.bytecraft.internal [10.48.0.3]) by bcmelmx.bytecraft.au.com (8.13.8/8.12.11) with ESMTP id pAS37lE3044160; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:07:48 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au) Received: from svmailmel.bytecraft.internal (Not Verified[10.48.0.24]) by svmailmarshal.bytecraft.internal with MailMarshal (v6, 8, 4, 9558) id ; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:07:47 +1100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:07:46 +1100 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: too many open files Thread-Index: AcyteXDJdGBIE2efRpexCflzK/FZ7wAAQG7Q From: "Murray Taylor" To: "Adam Vande More" , "Robert Huff" Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: too many open files X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:42:17 -0000 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 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 ###