[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 14/34] scripts/kvm/kvm_stat: Set sensible no. files rlimit

[Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

As num cpus * 1000 is NOT a sensible rlimit, we need to calculate a
more accurate rlimit.

The number of open files is directly dependent on the cpu count and on
the number of trace points per cpu. A additional constant works as a
buffer for files that are needed by python or do get opened when the
script runs.

Hence we have:
      cpus * traces + constant

Reviewed-by: Jason J. Herne <jjherne@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 scripts/kvm/kvm_stat | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/kvm/kvm_stat b/scripts/kvm/kvm_stat
index 62ca853..b8c2a8f 100755
--- a/scripts/kvm/kvm_stat
+++ b/scripts/kvm/kvm_stat
@@ -395,8 +395,15 @@ class TracepointProvider(object):
     def _setup(self, _fields):
         self._fields = _fields
         cpus = self._online_cpus()
-        nfiles = len(cpus) * 1000
-        resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE, (nfiles, nfiles))
+
+        # The constant is needed as a buffer for python libs, std
+        # streams and other files that the script opens.
+        rlimit = len(cpus) * len(_fields) + 50
+        try:
+            resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE, (rlimit, rlimit))
+        except ValueError:
+            sys.exit("NOFILE rlimit could not be raised to {0}".format(rlimit))
+
         events = []
         self.group_leaders = []
         for cpu in cpus:
-- 
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