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author | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2020-12-26 05:59:22 +0000 |
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committer | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2020-12-26 20:20:13 +0000 |
commit | a0b470cbaf01c699e008818ff0f137d24b1959b1 (patch) | |
tree | a3478235c53b4849bc019893c3e635ac9b86b563 | |
parent | b782533a0413578de4cfd478c67a8e3d9dda0949 (diff) | |
download | public-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.pm | 5 |
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) |