dendrite/setup/base/sanity_unix.go

//go:build unix
// +build unix

package base

import (
	"syscall"

	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
)

func PlatformSanityChecks() {
	// Dendrite needs a relatively high number of file descriptors in order
	// to function properly, particularly when federating with lots of servers.
	// If we run out of file descriptors, we might run into problems accessing
	// PostgreSQL amongst other things. Complain at startup if we think the
	// number of file descriptors is too low.
	warn := func(rLimit *syscall.Rlimit) {
		logrus.Warnf("IMPORTANT: Process file descriptor limit is currently %d, it is recommended to raise the limit for Dendrite to at least 65535 to avoid issues", rLimit.Cur)
	}
	var rLimit syscall.Rlimit
	if err := syscall.Getrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rLimit); err == nil && rLimit.Cur < 65535 {
		// The file descriptor count is too low. Let's try to raise it.
		rLimit.Cur = 65535
		if err = syscall.Setrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rLimit); err != nil {
			// We failed to raise it, so log an error.
			logrus.WithError(err).Warn("IMPORTANT: Failed to raise the file descriptor limit")
			warn(&rLimit)
		} else if err = syscall.Getrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rLimit); err == nil && rLimit.Cur < 65535 {
			// We think we successfully raised the limit, but a second call to
			// get the limit told us that we didn't succeed. Log an error.
			warn(&rLimit)
		}
	}
}