From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>
To: development@lists.ipfire.org
Subject: Re: squid 5.1 gone stable
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 10:22:42 +0100
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Hello,

> On 7 Aug 2021, at 17:13, Matthias Fischer <matthias.fischer(a)ipfire.org> w=
rote:
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> Hi,
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> ...for the records...: ;-)
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> Today I tested building 'squid 5.1' with our usual configure options:
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> ...
> --with-dl \
> --with-filedescriptors=3D$(( 16384 * 64 )) \
> --with-large-files \
> --without-gnutls \
> ...
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> No errors in '_build.ipfire.log' for this 'squid' - except:
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> ...
> 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
> ...
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> So the maximum number of filedescriptors which are possible for 'squid
> 5.1' are 32768!?
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> Ok then. I rebuilt the whole thing with the "maximum":
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> ...
> --with-filedescriptors=3D32768 \
> ...
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> But no change. During starting, 'squid 5.1.' still complains:
> ...
> NOTICE: Could not increase the number of filedescriptors
> With 4096 file descriptors available
> ...
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> This is the value reported by 'ulimit -n' on my IPFire / Core 158.
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> Currently, only 'squid 4.16' can increase this number under *exactly*
> the same environment.
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> What consequences could it have, respectively!?

This is the maximum amount of connections squid can open.

I suppose this is enough and I can live with 32k. We should remove the field =
from the UI then.

-Michael

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> Best,
> Matthias


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