DRb throws Errno::EMFILE "Too many open files" with 256 conn

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Hi,

I have a ruby / DRb process that is quiting with Errno::EMFILE every
time it reaches 256 connections. This happens regardless of what I set
in ulimit -n and only on Solaris.

/opt/csw/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:944:in accept': Too many open files (Errno::EMFILE) from /opt/csw/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:944:inaccept’
from /opt/csw/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1581:in main_loop' from /opt/csw/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1430:inrun’
from /opt/csw/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1427:in start' from /opt/csw/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1427:inrun’
from /opt/csw/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1347:in initialize' from /opt/csw/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1627:innew’
from /opt/csw/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1627:in `start_service’
from ./tuple_space.sh:10

I also tried this test both in OSX and Solaris:

255.times {a<<File.open("/etc/hosts")}

and I got it working on OSX with a ulimit -n 2048 but it seems that
Ruby on Solaris does not change its behavior based on ulimit -n and it
still throws:

Errno::EMFILE: Too many open files - /etc/hosts
from (irb):17:in initialize' from (irb):17:inopen’
from (irb):17
from (irb):17:in `times’
from (irb):17

Anyone has any insight on how to get Solaris to open more than 256
files?

Thanks in advance.

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As it turns out, I was having this problem until your post made me
realize that it was solaris (and not my program, as I had assumed).
Some research turn this up:

which says that 32-bit applications are limited to 256 file
descriptors when running under Solaris, unless you do the following:

export LD_PRELOAD_32=/usr/lib/extendedFILE.so.1

before running your program. Ruby on Solaris is a 32 bit app (we’ve
never had it compile cleanly as a 64 bit application), so this makes
sense. Except for the part about the limit of 256 file descriptors.
But oh well!

cheers,

b.

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On Jul 28, 6:38 am, Blaine C. [email protected] wrote:

Hi,
from /opt/csw/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/drb.rb:1427:in `start’
and I got it working on OSX with a ulimit -n 2048 but it seems that
Anyone has any insight on how to get Solaris to open more than 256
files?

Thanks in advance.

Thanks Blaine, … this works !!.