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authorEric Dumazet2008-02-06 10:37:16 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds2008-02-06 19:41:06 +0100
commit9cfe015aa424b3c003baba3841a60dd9b5ad319b (patch)
tree5575e06efcf91018f860f2db43979e8e91aba1c3 /arch/sparc64/kernel
parentreiserfs: complement va_start() with va_end(). (diff)
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get rid of NR_OPEN and introduce a sysctl_nr_open
NR_OPEN (historically set to 1024*1024) actually forbids processes to open more than 1024*1024 handles. Unfortunatly some production servers hit the not so 'ridiculously high value' of 1024*1024 file descriptors per process. Changing NR_OPEN is not considered safe because of vmalloc space potential exhaust. This patch introduces a new sysctl (/proc/sys/fs/nr_open) wich defaults to 1024*1024, so that admins can decide to change this limit if their workload needs it. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: export it for sparc64] Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/sparc64/kernel')
-rw-r--r--arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c1
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c
index 60765e314bd8..8649635d6d74 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sys_getpid);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sys_geteuid);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sys_getuid);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sys_getegid);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_nr_open);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sys_getgid);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(svr4_getcontext);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(svr4_setcontext);