Bug 5672 - cannot get socket once accept(2) has failed due to EMFILE/ENFILE
Summary: cannot get socket once accept(2) has failed due to EMFILE/ENFILE
Status: RESOLVED CODE_FIX
Alias: None
Product: Networking
Classification: Unclassified
Component: IPV4 (show other bugs)
Hardware: i386 Linux
: P2 normal
Assignee: Stephen Hemminger
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Reported: 2005-11-28 08:10 UTC by kenneth topp
Modified: 2006-04-03 15:15 UTC (History)
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Kernel Version: 2.6.14
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Description kenneth topp 2005-11-28 08:10:11 UTC 
Detail of issue is old:

http://oss.sgi.com/archives/netdev/2004-11/msg00573.html

Once accept fails on EMFILE/ENFILE you cannot get the socket even if you free up
fd's and retry...
Comment 1 Stephen Hemminger 2006-04-03 15:15:43 UTC 
Davem fixed this in 2.6.16
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