Re: Re: Possible fix for 687066, issue with open (font) file descriptors

Igor V. Melichev wrote:

> Does the user use PFB ?
Yes, he does.

> Does garbager really close the font file handles ?
Yes, it does. Otherwise, the following won't work on
GNU/Linux or Windoes.
10000 { (a)(r) file pop } repeat
I've also seen batches of close system calls in "strace" log.

> Is garbager invoked enough frequently while loading lots of fonts ?
Not on Solaris.
The program above fails on Solaris but runs on GNU/Linux and Windows
in default configuration. The frequency of GC depends on
/VMThreshold being small enough for the given number of
handles. Solaris has only 256 handles.

The shortage of file handles doesn't initiate the garbage collection.
This is a real bug and the patch is coming soon.

> Has the user disabled the garbager ?
Not explicitely, but default VMThreshold is set to 1M which effectively
disables GC for the program above.

Regards,
Alex