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Re: [Duplicity-talk] OSError: [Errno 24] Too many open files


From: Edgar Soldin
Subject: Re: [Duplicity-talk] OSError: [Errno 24] Too many open files
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 19:27:01 +0200
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well 338 backup sets .. this is definitely working the edges ;) ..
thanks yang

btw. I just checked again .. the real _open files limit_ default value
for debian 5.0 and open suse 10.2 is _1024_ .. i wasn't  aware that
ulimit hosts a bunch of limits and therefore 'ulimit -n' or 'ulimit -a'
must be used ...

and congratulations ken .. another fringe mystery solved :) ..ede

> Same here - I only started seeing these after the upgrade to Jaunty.
>
> $ duplicity collection-status
> scp://hv//export/home/yang/backup-zs.ath.cx/backup
> Last full backup date: Wed May  7 03:05:03 2008
> Collection Status
> -----------------
> Connecting with backend: SSHBackend
> Archive dir: None
>
> Found 0 backup chains without signatures.
>
> Found a complete backup chain with matching signature chain:
> -------------------------
> Chain start time: Wed May  7 03:05:03 2008
> Chain end time: Thu Apr 30 07:10:03 2009
> Number of contained backup sets: 338
> Total number of contained volumes: 1974
>  Type of backup set:                            Time:      Num volumes:
>                 Full         Wed May  7 03:05:03 2008               950
>          Incremental         Fri May  9 17:35:45 2008                 1
>          Incremental         Fri May  9 17:53:01 2008                 1
>          Incremental         Sat May 10 07:10:01 2008                 1
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>          Incremental         Sun Jun 29 07:10:03 2008               168
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> -------------------------
> No orphaned or incomplete backup sets found.
>
> Kenneth Loafman wrote:
>> I run Hardy and Intrepid and both default to 4096.  When I installed
>> Jaunty, it was at 1024, and my guess is that the upstream Debian version
>> is the same.
>>
>> ...Ken
>>
>> address@hidden wrote:
>>> any idea why suddenly 3 people come around with this error? I remotely
>>> suspect a change in ulimit of distros OR duplicity v0.5.17
>>>
>>> ..ede
>>> -- 
>>>> No difference, other than my testing was flawed.  I finally had to
>>>> go to
>>>> the debugger to stop the process and then count using lsof.
>>>>
>>>> I'm showing 3 file descriptors released with every gpg process
>>>> after the
>>>> waitpid() is completed, so it would take 300+ gpg zombies to
>>>> overrun the
>>>> 1024 limit.
>>>>
>>>> This is a problem in the way duplicity and GnuPGInterface are handling
>>>> process termination.  To fix it, I'll need to add a SIGCHILD signal
>>>> handler to GnuPGInterface that will allow the process to terminate
>>>> when
>>>> it ends, rather than making it wait till we get around to checking.
>>>>
>>>> ...Ken
>>>>
>>>> Edgar Soldin wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>> just curious, could you detect a difference between 32bit & 64bit
>>>>> systems?
>>>>> how many incrementals did you need to hit the 1024 ulimit?
>>>>>
>>>>> @yang: how many incrementals does your backup hold? just to
>>>>> doublecheck
>>>>> kens findings.
>>>>>
>>>>> ..ede
>>>>>   
>>>>>> I have found the problem and its going to take me a bit to get it
>>>>>> fixed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As it works duplicity creates iterators that traverse each of the
>>>>>> sig
>>>>>> files.  The iterators do not close until the process is complete and
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> files they are using are being held open.  The gpg process is
>>>>>> held as
>>>>>> well since we don't wait for it until we close the file.  The zombie
>>>>>> processes were just a symptom of the real problem, too many open
>>>>>> resources at one time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This hits directly the issue of too long an incremental chain.  Each
>>>>>> increments sig file is going to have file descriptors open until the
>>>>>> backup/incremental/restore completes.  The only workaround at this
>>>>>> point
>>>>>> is to increase the 'ulimit -n' parameter for any long increment
>>>>>> chains
>>>>>> and perform a full backup on a more frequent basis.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have some ideas about how to clean this up, but need to examine
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> code a bit closer before committing to a solution.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ...Ken
>>>>>>       
>>>>  
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