memory/file handle limitation?

Hello everyone,


I am wondering how to get the memory/file handle limitation on Linux platform in a programming way. The memory limitation I mean, what are the total number of memory on the system, and what are the total number of memory which is remaining (free). The file handle limitation I mean, what are the total number of file handles regulated by the system, and what are the total number of file handles remaining which I could use by my application.

Any sample programs are appreciated.


thanks in advance,
George

getrlimit(2), sysctl(3), and ulimit(3) looks promising.

P.S. this needs to be moved to the Linux board.

Thank you zx-1,

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Originally Posted by zx-1

getrlimit(2), sysctl(3), and ulimit(3) looks promising.

P.S. this needs to be moved to the Linux board.

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From the man page, I think I should use getrlimit. But I found that the parameters are too complex and I feel confused. Could you provide or help to find a simple sample, which could display the maximum number of used file handlers which current process can use and the number of free file handlers (I mean not the total number of file handlers in the system, but the number of file handlers which current process can use)?


regards,
George

Code:

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rlimit lim = {0, 10}; // Limits the number of open files for this process to 10
getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &lim);

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Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <sys/resource.h>

int main()
{
        struct rlimit rlp; 

        getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlp);        /* RLIMIT_NOFILE: Max. no. of open files */

        printf("This process may open a maximum of %u files.\n", rlp.rlim_max);

        return 0;
}

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$ ./a.out
This process may open a maximum of 5364 files.

Thank you Desolation,

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Originally Posted by Desolation

Code:

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rlimit lim = {0, 10}; // Limits the number of open files for this process to 10
getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &lim);

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My purpose is not to set the limitation for the current process when dealing with file handlers, but to get the limitation information ...


regards,
George

Thank you zx-1,

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Originally Posted by zx-1

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <sys/resource.h>

int main()
{
        struct rlimit rlp; 

        getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlp);        /* RLIMIT_NOFILE: Max. no. of open files */

        printf("This process may open a maximum of %u files.\n", rlp.rlim_max);

        return 0;
}

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$ ./a.out
This process may open a maximum of 5364 files.

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In your sample, you can only get the information of the limitation of the maximum number of file handlers the current process could utilize, but how to get the actual freed number of file handlers (means, total - used)?


regards,
George

There's got to be some syscall available, but I can't find any info on it anywhere.
The closest thing I can think of would be system("fstat -p $$ | wc -l") and capturing its output somewhere to get the number of used file handles. But that's a very pessimal solution.

Thank you zx-1,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by zx-1

There's got to be some syscall available, but I can't find any info on it anywhere.
The closest thing I can think of would be system("fstat -p $$ | wc -l") and capturing its output somewhere to get the number of used file handles. But that's a very pessimal solution.

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I am using Red Hat 9.0. There is no command called fstat on my bash. Is it a command that I need to install from 3rd party?


regards,
George

Silly Linux userland. Make that system("cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr | cut -f 1 -d' '") or system("lsof | wc -l").