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@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/fs:
23- inode-max 23- inode-max
24- inode-nr 24- inode-nr
25- inode-state 25- inode-state
26- nr_open
26- overflowuid 27- overflowuid
27- overflowgid 28- overflowgid
28- suid_dumpable 29- suid_dumpable
@@ -91,6 +92,15 @@ usage of file handles and you don't need to increase the maximum.
91 92
92============================================================== 93==============================================================
93 94
95nr_open:
96
97This denotes the maximum number of file-handles a process can
98allocate. Default value is 1024*1024 (1048576) which should be
99enough for most machines. Actual limit depends on RLIMIT_NOFILE
100resource limit.
101
102==============================================================
103
94inode-max, inode-nr & inode-state: 104inode-max, inode-nr & inode-state:
95 105
96As with file handles, the kernel allocates the inode structures 106As with file handles, the kernel allocates the inode structures