Bug 498164 - bind-9.2.4-22.el3 and too many open files
Summary: bind-9.2.4-22.el3 and too many open files
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Classification: Red Hat
Component: bind
Version: 3.9
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Adam Tkac
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Reported: 2009-04-29 09:02 UTC by Tomas Smetana
Modified: 2018-10-20 02:06 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-07-29 18:18:09 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2009:1181 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: bind security and bug fix update 2009-07-29 18:17:58 UTC

Description Tomas Smetana 2009-04-29 09:02:53 UTC
Description of problem:
The well-known bug with too many open files is present also in our RHEL-3 bind.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
bind-9.2.4-22.el3

How reproducible:
Under heavy load

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start bind
2. Watch the logs
  
Actual results:
The named log contains the following errors:

Apr 09 21:35:31.385 general: error: socket.c:1875: unexpected error:
Apr 09 21:35:31.385 general: error: internal_accept: fcntl() failed: Too many open files

Expected results:
No errors

Additional info:
This is the same problem as in the bug #476515 and bug #457036.  It is qualified as a performance regression caused by an important security fix and there is no known solution for the problem in RHEL-3 and RHEL-4 AFAIK.  We have some patch for RHEL-4 which may help under certain circumstances but I believe this is more question for the product management and engineering whether we would consider fixing this in RHEL-3.

Comment 1 Adam Tkac 2009-04-29 11:45:15 UTC
We can reuse already tested patch from RHEL4 branch (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476515#c15).

I also recommend to set "files 4096;" option in options statement in named.conf.

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2009-07-29 18:18:09 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1181.html


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