Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!umd5!decuac!felix!zemon
From: jpn@genrad.UUCP (John P. Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: lockf(3) limits
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Date: 17 Dec 87 18:06:43 GMT
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>We are running into a problem with the lockf (3) function in Ultrix 1.2.
>We have one application that uses many locks, and we have reached the
>system limit. My question is simple: can we increase this limit, and
>if so, how? The application runs on a Microvax II running Ultrix 1.2A.
>We are in the process of upgrading things to Ultrix 2.0, although it
>may be a while before this machine gets upgraded. We do not have source.

Sorry, but my guess is that you are out of luck.  If you have hit a
limit, it is a limit that is INSIDE the kernel.  My guess is that the
only solution is to recompile the kernel with a bigger limit, which you
cannot do because you don't have source.