[Gllug] # of open files

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On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Dean Wilson yowled:
> Henrik Morsing wrote:
>> On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Dean Wilson wrote:
>> Thanks, that's what I was after.
> 
> The other useful one is 'cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max'
> 
>> The 'max' value is max number ever open at the same time, right?
> 
> Thats how i've always read it. Can anyone else on list confirm/deny this?

That's it. See fs_table.FS_MAXFILE in kernel/sysctl.c and
files_init() and get_empty_filp() in fs/file_table.c.

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