On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:39:17 +0100 Federica Teodori wrote: > Since file handles are freed, a little amendment to the documentation > > Signed-off-by: Federica Teodori <federica.teodori@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> applied with Rik's Ack. Thanks. > --- > Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt | 17 ++++++++--------- > 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt > index 6268250..a1bb861 100644 > --- a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt > +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt > @@ -88,20 +88,19 @@ you might want to raise the limit. > > file-max & file-nr: > > -The kernel allocates file handles dynamically, but as yet it > -doesn't free them again. > - > The value in file-max denotes the maximum number of file- > handles that the Linux kernel will allocate. When you get lots > of error messages about running out of file handles, you might > want to increase this limit. > > -Historically, the three values in file-nr denoted the number of > -allocated file handles, the number of allocated but unused file > -handles, and the maximum number of file handles. Linux 2.6 always > -reports 0 as the number of free file handles -- this is not an > -error, it just means that the number of allocated file handles > -exactly matches the number of used file handles. > +Historically,the kernel was able to allocate file handles > +dynamically, but not to free them again. The three values in > +file-nr denote the number of allocated file handles, the number > +of allocated but unused file handles, and the maximum number of > +file handles. Linux 2.6 always reports 0 as the number of free > +file handles -- this is not an error, it just means that the > +number of allocated file handles exactly matches the number of > +used file handles. > > Attempts to allocate more file descriptors than file-max are > reported with printk, look for "VFS: file-max limit <number> > -- --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
