#31080 [Opn->Ana]: ftp_connect() fails on a system where there is a large number of open files.

From: Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 02:57:23 +0000
Subject: #31080 [Opn->Ana]: ftp_connect() fails on a system where there is a large number of open files.
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 ID:               31080
 Updated by:       sniper@php.net
 Reported By:      jon at destra dot com
-Status:           Open
+Status:           Analyzed
 Bug Type:         FTP related
 Operating System: RedHat Linux Fedora Core 2
 PHP Version:      4.3.8
 New Comment:

Why didn't you give that RH bug number in the first place? Would have
saved our time a lot. :)



Previous Comments:
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[2004-12-15 02:30:21] jon at destra dot com

Please note I opened this ticket at the suggestion of Wez Furlong. 
Please also take a look at the following:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=125258

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[2004-12-15 02:19:57] jon at destra dot com

It triggers the die.  There is no more error information to report. 
There is nothing in the ftp servers logs to help and I can't really
turn on verbose logging for it in a production environment.

This works fine on an indentically configured server with less open
files, or in light of the following I should say open file descriptors,
on it.

[root@ozhlin01 root]# lsof | wc -l
89854

Which doesn't seem right...

"lsof lists all open files, including files which are not using file
descriptors - such as current working directories, memory mapped
library files, and executable text files."

[root@ozhlin01 root]# cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr
4575    0       32768

That gives a more relevant number I expect.

Hope that helps some.

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[2004-12-15 01:28:41] sniper@php.net

What is the error it gives? (set error_reporting = E_ALL!)
Does the FTP server log have any clues why the connection fails? 
At what point of the connection does it fail? 

Put shortly: We need a lot more information!!

And how many files you HAVE open at the time of the failure?? ("lsof |
wc -l" command helps with that)


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[2004-12-15 00:55:04] jon at destra dot com

Ahh, no I didn't.  I have more then enough file descriptors but PHP is
not using them.

[root@ozhlin01 root]# cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max
32768

I suspect it is hard coding it's max number of file handles?

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[2004-12-14 14:33:19] derick@php.net

You just run out of filedescriptors. This is not something PHP can fix
for you. You either need to cut down in the number of Open files, or
adjust your kernel parameters.

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