[Bug 580590] [NEW] Squid no longer uses $SQUID_MAXFD

[Ian Redfern]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: squid

After upgrading to lucid, squid ignores the setting of SQUID_MAXFD in
/etc/default/squid and always uses 1024 file descriptors, which is too
few for a busy proxy.

The old /etc/init.d/squid used to contain:

maxfds () {
        [ -n "$SQUID_MAXFD" ] || return
        [ -f /proc/sys/fs/file-max ] || return 0
        global_file_max=`cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max`
        minimal_file_max=$(($SQUID_MAXFD + 4096))
        if [ "$global_file_max" -lt $minimal_file_max ]
        then
                echo $minimal_file_max > /proc/sys/fs/file-max
        fi
        ulimit -n $SQUID_MAXFD
}

Could we have it back in the new /etc/init/squid.conf?

** Affects: squid (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Squid no longer uses $SQUID_MAXFD
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/580590
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