linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] NR_OPEN should be raised a litle bit

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Message-ID: <20071116234902.75fdef5c@the-village.bc.nu>
Date:	Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:49:02 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NR_OPEN should be raised a litle bit

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:53:08 +0100
Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com> wrote:

> Time has come to change NR_OPEN value, some production servers hit the
> not so 'ridiculously high value' of 1024*1024 file descriptors per process.

Why fiddle with the kernel defaults when every distribution can manage
this in user space - including picking defaults by memory size or
platform ?
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