linux-kernel - Re: epoll behaviour after running out of descriptors

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Date:	Sun, 2 Nov 2008 21:41:04 +0100
From:	"Olaf van der Spek" <olafvdspek@...il.com>
To:	"Davide Libenzi" <davidel@...ilserver.org>
Cc:	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: epoll behaviour after running out of descriptors

On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org> wrote:
>> I know what TIME_WAIT is. I just think it's not applicable to this situation.
>
> It is. You are saturating the port space, so no new POLLIN/accept events
> are sent (until some TIME_WAIT clears), so epoll_wait() returns nothing
> (or does not return, if INF timeo).
> Keeping only 1K (if this is what you meant with your *only* 1K)
> connections *alive*, does not mean the trail that does moving 1K
> connections leave, is free.
> If you ever played with things like httperf, you should know what I'm
> talking about.

Wouldn't the port space require about 20+ k connects? This issue
happens after 1 k.
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