I confirm Eugene's words:
darkk@darkk-ya-thinkpad:~$ cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances 128 darkk@darkk-ya-thinkpad:~$ ls -l /proc/*/fd/ 2>/dev/null | grep -c anon_inode:inotify 36 darkk@darkk-ya-thinkpad:~$ sudo ls -l /proc/*/fd/ 2>/dev/null | grep -c anon_inode:inotify 51 darkk@darkk-ya-thinkpad:~$ uname -a Linux darkk-ya-thinkpad 3.5.0-22-generic #34-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 8 21:47:00 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux darkk@darkk-ya-thinkpad:~$ uptime 16:57:08 up 4 days, 4:55, 15 users, load average: 0.60, 0.97, 0.82 darkk@darkk-ya-thinkpad:~$ tail -f /etc/hosts >/dev/null tail: inotify cannot be used, reverting to polling: Too many open files ^C
I confirm Eugene's words:
darkk@darkk- ya-thinkpad: ~$ cat /proc/sys/ fs/inotify/ max_user_ instances ya-thinkpad: ~$ ls -l /proc/*/fd/ 2>/dev/null | grep -c anon_inode:inotify ya-thinkpad: ~$ sudo ls -l /proc/*/fd/ 2>/dev/null | grep -c anon_inode:inotify ya-thinkpad: ~$ uname -a ya-thinkpad: ~$ uptime ya-thinkpad: ~$ tail -f /etc/hosts >/dev/null
128
darkk@darkk-
36
darkk@darkk-
51
darkk@darkk-
Linux darkk-ya-thinkpad 3.5.0-22-generic #34-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 8 21:47:00 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
darkk@darkk-
16:57:08 up 4 days, 4:55, 15 users, load average: 0.60, 0.97, 0.82
darkk@darkk-
tail: inotify cannot be used, reverting to polling: Too many open files
^C