XenServer: Increase ulimit on open file descriptors in init script

[openvswitch] / xenserver / etc_init.d_vswitch

diff --git a/xenserver/etc_init.d_vswitch b/xenserver/etc_init.d_vswitch
index 90b0777316be79780b1cbc70cacb8fa473143426..462c2a6f9e985e04f2020abcd79f27c3e8f07c94 100755 (executable)
--- a/xenserver/etc_init.d_vswitch
+++ b/xenserver/etc_init.d_vswitch
@@ -253,6 +253,11 @@ function start {
     fi
 
     insert_modules_if_required
+
+    # Increase the limit on the number of open file descriptors since
+    # ovs-vswitchd needs a few per bridge
+    ulimit -n 4096
+
     start_vswitchd
     start_brcompatd
     reload_vswitchd  # ensures ovs-vswitchd has fully read config file.