[asterisk-dev] rtp.c: Unable to allocate socket: Too many open files

[ast guy]

Hi,
 Asterisk was not responding when reconnected as
# asterisk -vvr

and outputing log messages

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Jan 20 04:50:44 WARNING[11231] acl.c: Cannot create socket
Jan 20 04:50:44 ERROR[11231] rtp.c: Unable to allocate socket: Too
many open files
Jan 20 04:50:44 WARNING[11231] chan_sip.c: Unable to create RTP audio 
session: Too many open files
Jan 20 04:50:46 WARNING[11231] acl.c: Cannot create socket
Jan 20 04:50:46 ERROR[11231] rtp.c: Unable to allocate socket: Too
many open files
Jan 20 04:50:46 WARNING[11231] chan_sip.c: Unable to create RTP audio 
session: Too many open files
Jan 20 04:50:50 WARNING[11231] acl.c: Cannot create socket
Jan 20 04:50:50 ERROR[11231] rtp.c: Unable to allocate socket: Too
many open files
Jan 20 04:50:50 WARNING[11231] chan_sip.c: Unable to create RTP audio 
session: Too many open files
Jan 20 04:50:58 WARNING[11231] acl.c: Cannot create socket
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when I greped asterisk from lsof (list of open files) output it showed
something

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asterisk  11170     root    8u     IPv4    7620763                 UDP *:17008
asterisk  11170     root    9r     FIFO        0,5             7314941 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   10r     FIFO        0,5             7314942 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   11w     FIFO        0,5             7314942 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   12u      REG        8,6     8192     309064
/var/lib/asterisk/astdb
asterisk  11170     root   13u     IPv4    7314947                 UDP *:5060
asterisk  11170     root   14u     IPv4    7314956                 UDP *:4569
asterisk  11170     root   16u     IPv4    7620764                 UDP *:17009
asterisk  11170     root   18r     FIFO        0,5             7620765 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   19w     FIFO        0,5             7620765 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   20u     IPv4    7626265                 UDP *:12800
asterisk  11170     root   21u     IPv4    7626266                 UDP *:12801
asterisk  11170     root   22r     FIFO        0,5             7626267 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   23w     FIFO        0,5             7626267 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   24u     IPv4    7623165                 UDP *:13296
asterisk  11170     root   25u     IPv4    7623166                 UDP *:13297
asterisk  11170     root   26r     FIFO        0,5             7623167 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   27w     FIFO        0,5             7623167 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   28u     IPv4    7624084                 UDP *:16822
asterisk  11170     root   29u     IPv4    7624085                 UDP *:16823
asterisk  11170     root   30r     FIFO        0,5             7624086 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   31w     FIFO        0,5             7624086 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   32u     IPv4    7636044                 UDP *:18038
asterisk  11170     root   33u     IPv4    7636045                 UDP *:18039
asterisk  11170     root   34r     FIFO        0,5             7636046 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   35w     FIFO        0,5             7636046 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   36u     IPv4    7624100                 UDP *:19966
asterisk  11170     root   37u     IPv4    7623822                 UDP *:19236
asterisk  11170     root   38u     IPv4    7623823                 UDP *:19237
asterisk  11170     root   39r     FIFO        0,5             7623824 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   40w     FIFO        0,5             7623824 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   41u     IPv4    7624101                 UDP *:19967
asterisk  11170     root   42r     FIFO        0,5             7624102 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   43w     FIFO        0,5             7624102 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   44u     IPv4    7624152                 UDP *:10446
asterisk  11170     root   45u     IPv4    7624153                 UDP *:10447
asterisk  11170     root   46r     FIFO        0,5             7624154 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   47w     FIFO        0,5             7624154 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   48u     IPv4    7624270                 UDP *:12420
asterisk  11170     root   49u     IPv4    7624271                 UDP *:12421
asterisk  11170     root   50r     FIFO        0,5             7624272 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   51w     FIFO        0,5             7624272 pipe
asterisk  11170     root   52u     IPv4    7624376                 UDP *:18372
asterisk  11170     root   53u     IPv4    7624377                 UDP *:18373
asterisk  11170     root   54r     FIFO        0,5             7624378 pipe

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Any one came across this rtp File descriptor issue?

regards,

astguy