kern.ipc.maxpipekva

[Colin Adams]

No chance at all, I would have said.

On 03/03/2008, Mel <fbsd.questions at rachie.is-a-geek.net> wrote:
> On Sunday 02 March 2008 13:36:26 Colin Adams wrote:
>  > I'm getting error messages about this when trying to run my program.
>  > As far as I know, I don't use IPC at all, although I dare say it is
>  > used in one of the libraries that are linked in.
>  >
>  > After googling for this error, I edited /boot/loader.conf to set it to
>  > 65000000 (a nice big number?), and now if I do:
>  >
>  > sysctl kern.ipc.maxpipekva
>  >
>  > I see:
>  >
>  > kern.ipc.maxpipekva: 65000000
>  >
>  > but I still get the message.
>  >
>  > I also get a lot of messages saying:
>  >
>  > Fatal error `Cannot create kernel pipe' at line 294 in file
>  > /usr/src/lib/libc_r/uthread/uthread_init.c (error = 24)
>  >
>  > Why does this occur, and what can i do about it?
>
>
> grep 24 /usr/include/sys/errno.h: max open /files/.
>
>  This signals that a thread can't be created, cause there's too many open
>  files. Any chance your program/library loops like mad, creating threaded
>  workers that open a socket/file and never end?
>
>  --
>  Mel
>
>  Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
>     and never get to the software part.
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