inboxidle: clue users into resolving ENOSPC from inotify

[public-inbox.git] / lib / PublicInbox / InboxIdle.pm

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/InboxIdle.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/InboxIdle.pm
index f1cbc012f2bc6bb3bfb6420082282e2ea919d97f..84b6d26f98dfb28fd80dd2bfbca8a70d07e873d5 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/InboxIdle.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/InboxIdle.pm
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ sub in2_arm ($$) { # PublicInbox::Config::each_inbox callback
                $self->{on_unlock}->{$w->name} = $ibx;
        } else {
                warn "E: ".ref($inot)."->watch($lock, IN_MODIFY) failed: $!\n";
+               if ($!{ENOSPC} && $^O eq 'linux') {
+                       warn <<"";
+I: consider increasing /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches
+
+               }
        }
 
        # TODO: detect deleted packs (and possibly other files)