Bug 527377 - Using a large number of direct mounts causes autofs to hang
Summary: Using a large number of direct mounts causes autofs to hang
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: autofs5
Version: 4.8
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Ian Kent
QA Contact: yanfu,wang
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Depends On: 487653
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-10-06 07:15 UTC by Ian Kent
Modified: 2011-02-16 14:21 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: autofs5-5.0.1-0.rc2.110
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Previously, autofs used the select() function to process direct-mount maps and was limited by the file descriptor limit (by default, 1024). This update uses poll() instead of select() and is no longer limited by the available file descriptors.
Clone Of: 487653
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-02-16 14:21:28 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:0241 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE autofs5 bug fix update 2011-02-15 16:34:58 UTC

Comment 2 yanfu,wang 2010-12-20 07:34:01 UTC 
verified by auto-testcase, pls check https://errata.devel.redhat.com/errata/stateview/10200#c37
Comment 3 Florian Nadge 2011-01-03 16:28:43 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Previously, autofs used the select() function to process direct-mount maps and was limited by the file descriptor limit (by default, 1024). This update uses poll() instead of select() and is no longer limited by the available file descriptors.
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2011-02-16 14:21:28 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/RHBA-2011-0241.html
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