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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5] tools/xenconsoled: Increase file descriptor limit



On 02/03/15 14:22, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-02-27 at 17:53 +0000, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>> XenServer's VM density testing uncovered a regression when moving from
>> sysvinit to systemd where the file descriptor limit dropped from 4096 to
>> 1024. (XenServer had previously inserted a ulimit statement into its
>> initscripts.)
>>
>> One solution is to use LimitNOFILE=4096 in xenconsoled.service to match the
>> lost ulimit, but that is only a stopgap solution.
>>
>> As Xenconsoled genuinely needs a large number of file descriptors if a large
>> number of domains are running, attempt to increase the limit.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> I tried to apply but I'm afraid that for 32-bit userspace this gives me:
>
> daemon/main.c: In function 'increase_fd_limit':
> daemon/main.c:89:10: error: format '%lu' expects argument of type 'long 
> unsigned int', but argument 3 has type 'rlim_t' [-Werror=format]
> daemon/main.c:89:10: error: format '%lu' expects argument of type 'long 
> unsigned int', but argument 4 has type 'rlim_t' [-Werror=format]
> daemon/main.c:89:10: error: format '%lu' expects argument of type 'long 
> unsigned int', but argument 5 has type 'rlim_t' [-Werror=format]
> daemon/main.c:89:10: error: format '%lu' expects argument of type 'long 
> unsigned int', but argument 6 has type 'rlim_t' [-Werror=format]
>
> I've no idea how one is formally supposed to print and rlim_r.
>
> Ian.
>

Urgh - that would be why all the examples I found had an explicit
(unsigned long long) cast for the values for printf().

I can respin if you wish.

~Andrew

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