[vdr] Too many open files - error

[Kartsa]

Artur Skawina kirjoitti:
> Kartsa wrote:
>   
>> I was about to test the performance of vdr when I stumbled on this message
>>
>> ERROR: /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0: Too many open files
>>
>> I do not recall seeing this earlier. This came when fourth simultaneous
>> recording started.
> grep -20 -r EMFILE *
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-static int dvb_demux_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-{
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-  struct dvb_device *dvbdev = file->private_data;
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-  struct dmxdev *dmxdev = dvbdev->priv;
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-  int i;
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-  struct dmxdev_filter *dmxdevfilter;
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-  if (!dmxdev->filter)
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-          return -EINVAL;
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-  if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&dmxdev->mutex))
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-          return -ERESTARTSYS;
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-  for (i = 0; i < dmxdev->filternum; i++)
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-          if (dmxdev->filter[i].state == DMXDEV_STATE_FREE)
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-                  break;
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-  if (i == dmxdev->filternum) {
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-          mutex_unlock(&dmxdev->mutex);
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:          return -EMFILE;
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-  }
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-  dmxdevfilter = &dmxdev->filter[i];
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-  mutex_init(&dmxdevfilter->mutex);
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-  file->private_data = dmxdevfilter;
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-  dvb_ringbuffer_init(&dmxdevfilter->buffer, NULL, 8192);
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-  dmxdevfilter->type = DMXDEV_TYPE_NONE;
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-  dvb_dmxdev_filter_state_set(dmxdevfilter, DMXDEV_STATE_ALLOCATED);
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-  dmxdevfilter->feed.ts = NULL;
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-  init_timer(&dmxdevfilter->timer);
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-  mutex_unlock(&dmxdev->mutex);
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-  return 0;
> dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c-}
>
> IOW you ran out of filters.
> yes, the error code should probably be different (eg EBUSY).
>   
So, why did I ran out of filters? Why did it happen? Why doesn't it 
happen on my other vdr box? And what does it cause? The recording did 
succeed.

\\Kartsa