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authorEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2020-12-26 05:59:22 +0000
committerEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2020-12-26 20:20:13 +0000
commita0b470cbaf01c699e008818ff0f137d24b1959b1 (patch)
treea3478235c53b4849bc019893c3e635ac9b86b563
parentb782533a0413578de4cfd478c67a8e3d9dda0949 (diff)
downloadpublic-inbox-a0b470cbaf01c699e008818ff0f137d24b1959b1.tar.gz
It may not be obvious to users a ENOSPC error is from hitting
a (tunable) kernel-imposed limit on inotify watches, and not
some storage device running out of space.  Give them a hint
here to reduce our own support burden.

(cherry picked from commit 5e05c2eb58a450849f1826f3d02ed62b814b6617)
-rw-r--r--lib/PublicInbox/InboxIdle.pm5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/InboxIdle.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/InboxIdle.pm
index 0cdd2e2a..357bd216 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/InboxIdle.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/InboxIdle.pm
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ sub in2_arm ($$) { # PublicInbox::Config::each_inbox callback
                 $self->{on_unlock}->{$w->name} = $ibx;
         } else {
                 warn "E: ".ref($inot)."->watch($lock, IN_MODIFY) failed: $!\n";
+                if ($!{ENOSPC} && $^O eq 'linux') {
+                        warn <<"";
+I: consider increasing /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches
+
+                }
         }
 
         # TODO: detect deleted packs (and possibly other files)