diff --git a/cmd/utils/fdlimit_test.go b/cmd/utils/fdlimit_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a950a6c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/utils/fdlimit_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of go-ethereum.
+//
+// go-ethereum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// go-ethereum is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with go-ethereum. If not, see .
+
+package utils
+
+import "testing"
+
+// TestFileDescriptorLimits simply tests whether the file descriptor allowance
+// per this process can be retrieved.
+func TestFileDescriptorLimits(t *testing.T) {
+ target := 4096
+
+ if limit, err := getFdLimit(); err != nil || limit <= 0 {
+ t.Fatalf("failed to retrieve file descriptor limit (%d): %v", limit, err)
+ }
+ if err := raiseFdLimit(uint64(target)); err != nil {
+ t.Fatalf("failed to raise file allowance")
+ }
+ if limit, err := getFdLimit(); err != nil || limit < target {
+ t.Fatalf("failed to retrieve raised descriptor limit (have %v, want %v): %v", limit, target, err)
+ }
+}
diff --git a/cmd/utils/fdlimit_unix.go b/cmd/utils/fdlimit_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a6dffc8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/utils/fdlimit_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of go-ethereum.
+//
+// go-ethereum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// go-ethereum is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with go-ethereum. If not, see .
+
+// +build linux darwin
+
+package utils
+
+import "syscall"
+
+// raiseFdLimit tries to maximize the file descriptor allowance of this process
+// to the maximum hard-limit allowed by the OS.
+func raiseFdLimit(max uint64) error {
+ // Get the current limit
+ var limit syscall.Rlimit
+ if err := syscall.Getrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &limit); err != nil {
+ return err
+ }
+ // Try to update the limit to the max allowance
+ limit.Cur = limit.Max
+ if limit.Cur > max {
+ limit.Cur = max
+ }
+ if err := syscall.Setrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &limit); err != nil {
+ return err
+ }
+ return nil
+}
+
+// getFdLimit retrieves the number of file descriptors allowed to be opened by this
+// process.
+func getFdLimit() (int, error) {
+ var limit syscall.Rlimit
+ if err := syscall.Getrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &limit); err != nil {
+ return 0, err
+ }
+ return int(limit.Cur), nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/utils/fdlimit_windows.go b/cmd/utils/fdlimit_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53aad3d7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/utils/fdlimit_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of go-ethereum.
+//
+// go-ethereum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// go-ethereum is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with go-ethereum. If not, see .
+
+package utils
+
+import "errors"
+
+// raiseFdLimit tries to maximize the file descriptor allowance of this process
+// to the maximum hard-limit allowed by the OS.
+func raiseFdLimit(max uint64) error {
+ // This method is NOP by design:
+ // * Linux/Darwin counterparts need to manually increase per process limits
+ // * On Windows Go uses the CreateFile API, which is limited to 16K files, non
+ // changeable from within a running process
+ // This way we can always "request" raising the limits, which will either have
+ // or not have effect based on the platform we're running on.
+ if max > 16384 {
+ return errors.New("file descriptor limit (16384) reached")
+ }
+ return nil
+}
+
+// getFdLimit retrieves the number of file descriptors allowed to be opened by this
+// process.
+func getFdLimit() (int, error) {
+ // Please see raiseFdLimit for the reason why we use hard coded 16K as the limit
+ return 16384, nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 3efb65e42..69fb0b9db 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ var (
CacheFlag = cli.IntFlag{
Name: "cache",
Usage: "Megabytes of memory allocated to internal caching (min 16MB / database forced)",
- Value: 0,
+ Value: 128,
}
BlockchainVersionFlag = cli.IntFlag{
Name: "blockchainversion",
@@ -527,6 +527,22 @@ func MakeGenesisBlock(ctx *cli.Context) string {
return string(data)
}
+// MakeDatabaseHandles raises out the number of allowed file handles per process
+// for Geth and returns half of the allowance to assign to the database.
+func MakeDatabaseHandles() int {
+ if err := raiseFdLimit(2048); err != nil {
+ Fatalf("Failed to raise file descriptor allowance: %v", err)
+ }
+ limit, err := getFdLimit()
+ if err != nil {
+ Fatalf("Failed to retrieve file descriptor allowance: %v", err)
+ }
+ if limit > 2048 { // cap database file descriptors even if more is available
+ limit = 2048
+ }
+ return limit / 2 // Leave half for networking and other stuff
+}
+
// MakeAccountManager creates an account manager from set command line flags.
func MakeAccountManager(ctx *cli.Context) *accounts.Manager {
// Create the keystore crypto primitive, light if requested
@@ -649,6 +665,7 @@ func MakeSystemNode(name, version string, extra []byte, ctx *cli.Context) *node.
FastSync: ctx.GlobalBool(FastSyncFlag.Name),
BlockChainVersion: ctx.GlobalInt(BlockchainVersionFlag.Name),
DatabaseCache: ctx.GlobalInt(CacheFlag.Name),
+ DatabaseHandles: MakeDatabaseHandles(),
NetworkId: ctx.GlobalInt(NetworkIdFlag.Name),
AccountManager: accman,
Etherbase: MakeEtherbase(accman, ctx),
@@ -763,9 +780,10 @@ func SetupVM(ctx *cli.Context) {
func MakeChain(ctx *cli.Context) (chain *core.BlockChain, chainDb ethdb.Database) {
datadir := MustMakeDataDir(ctx)
cache := ctx.GlobalInt(CacheFlag.Name)
+ handles := MakeDatabaseHandles()
var err error
- if chainDb, err = ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(filepath.Join(datadir, "chaindata"), cache); err != nil {
+ if chainDb, err = ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(filepath.Join(datadir, "chaindata"), cache, handles); err != nil {
Fatalf("Could not open database: %v", err)
}
if ctx.GlobalBool(OlympicFlag.Name) {
diff --git a/core/bench_test.go b/core/bench_test.go
index f991e5e7f..0ff847ed5 100644
--- a/core/bench_test.go
+++ b/core/bench_test.go
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func benchInsertChain(b *testing.B, disk bool, gen func(int, *BlockGen)) {
b.Fatalf("cannot create temporary directory: %v", err)
}
defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
- db, err = ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(dir, 0)
+ db, err = ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(dir, 128, 128)
if err != nil {
b.Fatalf("cannot create temporary database: %v", err)
}
diff --git a/core/database_util_test.go b/core/database_util_test.go
index 6b3793635..ce1ffea8a 100644
--- a/core/database_util_test.go
+++ b/core/database_util_test.go
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ func TestMipmapChain(t *testing.T) {
defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
var (
- db, _ = ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(dir, 16)
+ db, _ = ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(dir, 0, 0)
key1, _ = crypto.HexToECDSA("b71c71a67e1177ad4e901695e1b4b9ee17ae16c6668d313eac2f96dbcda3f291")
addr = crypto.PubkeyToAddress(key1.PublicKey)
addr2 = common.BytesToAddress([]byte("jeff"))
diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index f62ee976d..d807f8ae8 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ type Config struct {
BlockChainVersion int
SkipBcVersionCheck bool // e.g. blockchain export
DatabaseCache int
+ DatabaseHandles int
NatSpec bool
DocRoot string
@@ -135,12 +136,8 @@ type Ethereum struct {
}
func New(ctx *node.ServiceContext, config *Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
- // Let the database take 3/4 of the max open files (TODO figure out a way to get the actual limit of the open files)
- const dbCount = 3
- ethdb.OpenFileLimit = 128 / (dbCount + 1)
-
// Open the chain database and perform any upgrades needed
- chainDb, err := ctx.OpenDatabase("chaindata", config.DatabaseCache)
+ chainDb, err := ctx.OpenDatabase("chaindata", config.DatabaseCache, config.DatabaseHandles)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
@@ -154,7 +151,7 @@ func New(ctx *node.ServiceContext, config *Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
return nil, err
}
- dappDb, err := ctx.OpenDatabase("dapp", config.DatabaseCache)
+ dappDb, err := ctx.OpenDatabase("dapp", config.DatabaseCache, config.DatabaseHandles)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
diff --git a/eth/filters/filter_test.go b/eth/filters/filter_test.go
index 5772114b3..b98945bbd 100644
--- a/eth/filters/filter_test.go
+++ b/eth/filters/filter_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func BenchmarkMipmaps(b *testing.B) {
defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
var (
- db, _ = ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(dir, 16)
+ db, _ = ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(dir, 0, 0)
key1, _ = crypto.HexToECDSA("b71c71a67e1177ad4e901695e1b4b9ee17ae16c6668d313eac2f96dbcda3f291")
addr1 = crypto.PubkeyToAddress(key1.PublicKey)
addr2 = common.BytesToAddress([]byte("jeff"))
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func TestFilters(t *testing.T) {
defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
var (
- db, _ = ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(dir, 16)
+ db, _ = ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(dir, 0, 0)
key1, _ = crypto.HexToECDSA("b71c71a67e1177ad4e901695e1b4b9ee17ae16c6668d313eac2f96dbcda3f291")
addr = crypto.PubkeyToAddress(key1.PublicKey)
diff --git a/ethdb/database.go b/ethdb/database.go
index 10dc018b0..dffb42e2b 100644
--- a/ethdb/database.go
+++ b/ethdb/database.go
@@ -39,8 +39,15 @@ var OpenFileLimit = 64
// cacheRatio specifies how the total alloted cache is distributed between the
// various system databases.
var cacheRatio = map[string]float64{
- "dapp": 2.0 / 13.0,
- "chaindata": 11.0 / 13.0,
+ "dapp": 0.0,
+ "chaindata": 1.0,
+}
+
+// handleRatio specifies how the total alloted file descriptors is distributed
+// between the various system databases.
+var handleRatio = map[string]float64{
+ "dapp": 0.0,
+ "chaindata": 1.0,
}
type LDBDatabase struct {
@@ -62,17 +69,21 @@ type LDBDatabase struct {
}
// NewLDBDatabase returns a LevelDB wrapped object.
-func NewLDBDatabase(file string, cache int) (*LDBDatabase, error) {
- // Calculate the cache allowance for this particular database
+func NewLDBDatabase(file string, cache int, handles int) (*LDBDatabase, error) {
+ // Calculate the cache and file descriptor allowance for this particular database
cache = int(float64(cache) * cacheRatio[filepath.Base(file)])
if cache < 16 {
cache = 16
}
- glog.V(logger.Info).Infof("Alloted %dMB cache to %s", cache, file)
+ handles = int(float64(handles) * handleRatio[filepath.Base(file)])
+ if handles < 16 {
+ handles = 16
+ }
+ glog.V(logger.Info).Infof("Alloted %dMB cache and %d file handles to %s", cache, handles, file)
// Open the db and recover any potential corruptions
db, err := leveldb.OpenFile(file, &opt.Options{
- OpenFilesCacheCapacity: OpenFileLimit,
+ OpenFilesCacheCapacity: handles,
BlockCacheCapacity: cache / 2 * opt.MiB,
WriteBuffer: cache / 4 * opt.MiB, // Two of these are used internally
})
diff --git a/ethdb/database_test.go b/ethdb/database_test.go
index ae4906166..0e69a1218 100644
--- a/ethdb/database_test.go
+++ b/ethdb/database_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func newDb() *LDBDatabase {
if common.FileExist(file) {
os.RemoveAll(file)
}
- db, _ := NewLDBDatabase(file, 0)
+ db, _ := NewLDBDatabase(file, 0, 0)
return db
}
diff --git a/node/service.go b/node/service.go
index 26e9f1624..77b2ddc92 100644
--- a/node/service.go
+++ b/node/service.go
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ type ServiceContext struct {
// OpenDatabase opens an existing database with the given name (or creates one
// if no previous can be found) from within the node's data directory. If the
// node is an ephemeral one, a memory database is returned.
-func (ctx *ServiceContext) OpenDatabase(name string, cache int) (ethdb.Database, error) {
+func (ctx *ServiceContext) OpenDatabase(name string, cache int, handles int) (ethdb.Database, error) {
if ctx.datadir == "" {
return ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
}
- return ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(filepath.Join(ctx.datadir, name), cache)
+ return ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(filepath.Join(ctx.datadir, name), cache, handles)
}
// Service retrieves a currently running service registered of a specific type.
diff --git a/node/service_test.go b/node/service_test.go
index cfe7fe5dc..7bd94a52e 100644
--- a/node/service_test.go
+++ b/node/service_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestContextDatabases(t *testing.T) {
}
// Request the opening/creation of a database and ensure it persists to disk
ctx := &ServiceContext{datadir: dir}
- db, err := ctx.OpenDatabase("persistent", 0)
+ db, err := ctx.OpenDatabase("persistent", 0, 0)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("failed to open persistent database: %v", err)
}
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestContextDatabases(t *testing.T) {
}
// Request th opening/creation of an ephemeral database and ensure it's not persisted
ctx = &ServiceContext{datadir: ""}
- db, err = ctx.OpenDatabase("ephemeral", 0)
+ db, err = ctx.OpenDatabase("ephemeral", 0, 0)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("failed to open ephemeral database: %v", err)
}
diff --git a/trie/trie_test.go b/trie/trie_test.go
index 35d043cdf..493f99d91 100644
--- a/trie/trie_test.go
+++ b/trie/trie_test.go
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ func tempDB() (string, Database) {
if err != nil {
panic(fmt.Sprintf("can't create temporary directory: %v", err))
}
- db, err := ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(dir, 300*1024)
+ db, err := ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(dir, 256, 0)
if err != nil {
panic(fmt.Sprintf("can't create temporary database: %v", err))
}