From 392a7fa3ca3fbd157cec6b58283c51cbd894d4fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Janosch Frank Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:17:44 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] scripts/kvm/kvm_stat: Set sensible no. files rlimit As num cpus * 1000 is NOT a sensible rlimit, we need to calculate a more accurate rlimit. The number of open files is directly dependent on the cpu count and on the number of trace points per cpu. A additional constant works as a buffer for files that are needed by python or do get opened when the script runs. Hence we have: cpus * traces + constant Reviewed-by: Jason J. Herne Signed-off-by: Janosch Frank Message-Id: <1452525484-32309-15-git-send-email-frankja@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini --- scripts/kvm/kvm_stat | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/kvm/kvm_stat b/scripts/kvm/kvm_stat index 457624d9f3..93b5ea7aac 100755 --- a/scripts/kvm/kvm_stat +++ b/scripts/kvm/kvm_stat @@ -395,8 +395,15 @@ class TracepointProvider(object): def _setup(self, _fields): self._fields = _fields cpus = self._online_cpus() - nfiles = len(cpus) * 1000 - resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE, (nfiles, nfiles)) + + # The constant is needed as a buffer for python libs, std + # streams and other files that the script opens. + rlimit = len(cpus) * len(_fields) + 50 + try: + resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE, (rlimit, rlimit)) + except ValueError: + sys.exit("NOFILE rlimit could not be raised to {0}".format(rlimit)) + events = [] self.group_leaders = [] for cpu in cpus: -- 2.11.4.GIT