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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2013-02-11 00:21:49 +0100
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2013-02-11 00:21:49 +0100
commit0e42c7a40a58aec75341a49edca586fcc6af0781 (patch)
tree74647b4ecac74981452e66a517f9e7385461441a /man5/proc.5
parenta787b1cfdc62598019ba86ab5aebb9d9ff088b73 (diff)
proc.5: Note message written to kernel log when file-max limit is hit
Info from Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt. Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
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@@ -2238,7 +2238,8 @@ which can be used by a process to set the per-process limit,
.BR RLIMIT_NOFILE ,
on the number of files it may open.)
If you get lots
-of error messages about running out of file handles,
+of error messages in the kernel log about running out of file handles
+(look for "VFS: file-max limit <number> reached"),
try increasing this value:
.br