From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthias Fischer To: development@lists.ipfire.org Subject: Re: squid 5.1 gone stable Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2021 09:53:52 +0200 Message-ID: <5451127f-d52d-1cb5-1ea7-92aecffd94b3@ipfire.org> In-Reply-To: <62C9CD14-83E1-40D9-AFDB-64687590DD5B@ipfire.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============8352138197578028995==" List-Id: --===============8352138197578028995== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, On 13.08.2021 11:22, Michael Tremer wrote: > Hello, >=20 >> On 7 Aug 2021, at 17:13, Matthias Fischer = wrote: >>=20 >> Hi, >>=20 >> ...for the records...: ;-) >>=20 >> Today I tested building 'squid 5.1' with our usual configure options: >>=20 >> ... >> --with-dl \ >> --with-filedescriptors=3D$(( 16384 * 64 )) \ >> --with-large-files \ >> --without-gnutls \ >> ... >>=20 >> No errors in '_build.ipfire.log' for this 'squid' - except: >>=20 >> ... >> checking for library containing log... none required >> configure: forcing default of 1048576 filedescriptors (user-forced) >> checking Default FD_SETSIZE value... 1024 >> checking for getrlimit... yes >> checking for setrlimit... yes >> checking Maximum number of filedescriptors we can open... 32768 >> configure: Default number of filedescriptors: 1048576 >> ... >>=20 >> So the maximum number of filedescriptors which are possible for 'squid >> 5.1' are 32768!? >>=20 >> Ok then. I rebuilt the whole thing with the "maximum": >>=20 >> ... >> --with-filedescriptors=3D32768 \ >> ... >>=20 >> But no change. During starting, 'squid 5.1.' still complains: >> ... >> NOTICE: Could not increase the number of filedescriptors >> With 4096 file descriptors available >> ... >>=20 >> This is the value reported by 'ulimit -n' on my IPFire / Core 158. >>=20 >> Currently, only 'squid 4.16' can increase this number under *exactly* >> the same environment. >>=20 >> What consequences could it have, respectively!? >=20 > This is the maximum amount of connections squid can open. What makes me wonder: during build, 'squid' says it can open '32768', during start its '4096'. If someone knows why, please enlighten me... ;-) > I suppose this is enough and I can live with 32k. We should remove the fiel= d from the UI then. Me too, but are 4096 enough? Besides, I would wait to push '5.1' - I even didn't see an official annoncement yet. Best, Matthias --===============8352138197578028995==--