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From: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] tools/xenconsoled: Increase file
	descriptor limit
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 16:59:28 +0000
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On Mon, 2015-03-02 at 15:04 +0000, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> XenServer's VM density testing uncovered a regression when moving from
> sysvinit to systemd where the file descriptor limit dropped from 4096 to
> 1024. (XenServer had previously inserted a ulimit statement into its
> initscripts.)
> 
> One solution is to use LimitNOFILE=4096 in xenconsoled.service to match the
> lost ulimit, but that is only a stopgap solution.
> 
> As Xenconsoled genuinely needs a large number of file descriptors if a large
> number of domains are running, attempt to increase the limit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
> Acked-by: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>
> 
> ---
> v6:
>  * Fix 32bit build.  (rlimit_t is an arch-specific width)

Successfully applied & pushed this time, thanks.