On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 06:52:52PM +0100, Michal Privoznik wrote: > One of my latest patches (d8db0f9690) created support for setting > the limit for the maximum of opened files by qemu user. However, > since libvirtd keeps one FD opened per domain (well, for qemu at least) > it will likely hit this limit on huge scenarios. > --- > daemon/libvirtd.init.in | 7 +++++++ > daemon/libvirtd.service.in | 2 ++ > daemon/libvirtd.sysconf | 3 +++ > daemon/libvirtd.upstart | 5 +++++ > 4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.init.in b/daemon/libvirtd.init.in > index 4e610cb..3c49b1f 100644 > --- a/daemon/libvirtd.init.in > +++ b/daemon/libvirtd.init.in > @@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ start() { > echo -n $"Starting $SERVICE daemon: " > mkdir -p @localstatedir@/cache/libvirt > rm -rf @localstatedir@/cache/libvirt/* > + > + # LIBVIRTD_NOFILES_LIMIT from /etc/sysconfig/libvirtd is not handled > + # automatically > + if [ -n "$LIBVIRTD_NOFILES_LIMIT" ]; then > + ulimit -n "$LIBVIRTD_NOFILES_LIMIT" > + fi > + > KRB5_KTNAME=$KRB5_KTNAME daemon --pidfile $PIDFILE --check $SERVICE $PROCESS --daemon $LIBVIRTD_CONFIG_ARGS $LIBVIRTD_ARGS > RETVAL=$? > echo > diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.service.in b/daemon/libvirtd.service.in > index 9661428..8f2458a 100644 > --- a/daemon/libvirtd.service.in > +++ b/daemon/libvirtd.service.in > @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Before=libvirt-guests.service > EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/libvirtd > ExecStart=@sbindir@/libvirtd $LIBVIRTD_ARGS > ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID > +# Override the maximum number of opened files > +#LimitNOFILE=2048 > > [Install] > WantedBy=multi-user.target > diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.sysconf b/daemon/libvirtd.sysconf > index ab273c8..3af1f03 100644 > --- a/daemon/libvirtd.sysconf > +++ b/daemon/libvirtd.sysconf > @@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ > #QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=sdl > # > #SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulse > + > +# Override the maximum number of opened files > +#LIBVIRTD_NOFILES_LIMIT=2048 > diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.upstart b/daemon/libvirtd.upstart > index f51701a..e620f41 100644 > --- a/daemon/libvirtd.upstart > +++ b/daemon/libvirtd.upstart > @@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ script > ulimit -c "$DAEMON_COREFILE_LIMIT" > fi > > + # LIBVIRTD_NOFILES_LIMIT from /etc/sysconfig/libvirtd is not handled > + # automatically > + if [ -n "$LIBVIRTD_NOFILES_LIMIT" ]; then > + ulimit -n "$LIBVIRTD_NOFILES_LIMIT" > + fi > mkdir -p /var/cache/libvirt > rm -rf /var/cache/libvirt/* ACK Daniel -- |: http://berrange.com -o- http://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange/ :| |: http://libvirt.org -o- http://virt-manager.org :| |: http://autobuild.org -o- http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ :| |: http://entangle-photo.org -o- http://live.gnome.org/gtk-vnc :| -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list