Re: [Mldonkey-users] Why does mldonkey open so much files (1024)?

[MLdonkey]

>  Sometimes after a few hours mldonkey has 1024 files (including
>  connections I think) open (lsof output) - and a netstat -n| wc -l
>  says something like 124 connections.

Well, it is an old problem, and I still don't know where the file
descriptors are leaking... Could you give me more information:

"ps auxww | grep mldonkey" to know the process PID. Then, go in 
/proc/mldonkey_PID/fd. Do a "ls -l" and try to understand where file
descriptors are allocated: on the 1024, how many are shared files ?
How many are sockets (compared to the result of netstat) ? How many
are for config files (.ini) ? 

Moreover, when it happens, are you mainly downloading or uploading ?
Are you on several networks ?

>  The problem with this is, that I can't connect then with telnet or
>  http and I can't add links of course, too.

>  Now my question is, if it really neccessary, that mldonkey opens so much 
>  files/connections, and why - or it is just a bug?
>  
>  And if it no bug, should I increase the limit in 
>  /usr/src/linux/include/linux/limits.h ? What are the disadcantages?

Increasing the limit can prevent the bug from appearing too often, but
it will not remove the bug :) Normally, mldonkey tries to take the
number of opened files into account, so that this problem is really a BUG.

- MLDonkey