Current P2pool software

[Propulsion]

After running chaeplin 's software for nearly a month, I'm finding that dstorm 's is giving me issues.

It seems that there is a sever memory leak present utilizing over 2500mb or Ram.
Today, the p2pool software stopped running. I'll post logs next chance I can.

 

[ngkp]

I've been having crashing issues as well, but it seems to just be an issue with the coin daemon talking to the p2pool.

 

[Propulsion]

I've been having crashing issues as well, but it seems to just be an issue with the coin daemon talking to the p2pool.

I noticed that in my logs as well. Something about too many open files at once. Unfortunately, I do not have the exact log file anymore.

 

[vertoe]

All well known issues and neither connected to dstorm or chaeplins version.

Memory leak

• https://darkcointalk.org/threads/p2pool-memory-leak.790/
• https://github.com/forrestv/p2pool/issues/48
  
• https://github.com/forrestv/p2pool/issues/88

Open Files

• https://github.com/forrestv/p2pool/issues/108
  
• http://stackoverflow.com/q/880557/1260906

 

[Propulsion]

All well known issues and neither connected to dstorm or chaeplins version.
Memory leak

• https://darkcointalk.org/threads/p2pool-memory-leak.790/
• https://github.com/forrestv/p2pool/issues/48
  
• https://github.com/forrestv/p2pool/issues/88

Open Files

• https://github.com/forrestv/p2pool/issues/108
  
• http://stackoverflow.com/q/880557/1260906

I knew about the memory leak previously but never experienced the open files error until today. Any error logs in yours vertoe?

 

[vertoe]

I'm running a couple of p2pool nodes on a single dedicated server. I ran into open files issues very soon. Its cause by thousends of spawned python sockets. I solved it with some linux magic, but I dont remember how exactly. I set the limit of open files to some million and never had any issues ever again.

No errors in log for me.

 

[ngkp]

I set the limit of open files to some million and never had any issues ever again.

http://posidev.com/blog/2009/06/04/set-ulimit-parameters-on-ubuntu/

 

[Propulsion]

Any disadvantage to doing that, why is it coded to have a limit in the first place?

 

[ngkp]

Any disadvantage to doing that, why is it coded to have a limit in the first place?

My guess is to help protect against attacks (floods, etc) with basic usage most people only need ~200 connections at once, but that's why they are changeable (on most OS's).

 

[vertoe]

Yes, /etc/security/limits.conf that's it.

A single p2pool node can easily create 30k sockets. If you are running multiple nodes on one machine, set the limit to somewhere pretty high, at least 100k...