OVS is supposed to support at least 256 bridges simultaneously, but the
file descriptor count was a little too low for that.
Build tested only.
Bug #8218.
Reported-by: Luca Giraudo <lgiraudo@nicira.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>
-# Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011 Nicira Networks, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Nicira Networks, Inc.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
if daemon_is_running ovs-vswitchd; then
log_success_msg "ovs-vswitchd is already running"
else
if daemon_is_running ovs-vswitchd; then
log_success_msg "ovs-vswitchd is already running"
else
- # Increase the limit on the number of open file descriptors since
- # ovs-vswitchd needs a few per bridge
- ulimit -n 4096
+ # Increase the limit on the number of open file descriptors.
+ # ovs-vswitchd needs 16 per datapath, plus a few extra, so this
+ # should allow for 256 (or more) bridges.
+ ulimit -n 5000
# Start ovs-vswitchd.
set ovs-vswitchd unix:"$DB_SOCK"
# Start ovs-vswitchd.
set ovs-vswitchd unix:"$DB_SOCK"