id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	uname	nginx_version
74	After many config reloads the nginx process dies	www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawlxiA7V7ivbFGXxrlYFswceyv7zCOKYvJs	somebody	"After a certain number of reloads are triggered via kill -HUP the nginx process dies due to too many open files.

{{{
2011/12/28 13:46:48 [emerg] 26929#0: epoll_create() failed (24: Too many open files)
2011/12/28 13:46:48 [notice] 2153#0: start worker process 26930
2011/12/28 13:46:48 [alert] 2153#0: socketpair() failed while spawning ""worker process"" (24: Too many open files)
2011/12/28 13:46:48 [alert] 2153#0: socketpair() failed while spawning ""cache manager process"" (24: Too many open files)
2011/12/28 13:46:48 [alert] 2153#0: socketpair() failed while spawning ""cache loader process"" (24: Too many open files)
}}}

To reproduce:

{{{
while true; do kill -HUP `cat /var/run/nginx.pid`; [ $? -ne 0 ] && break;  done
}}}

"	defect	closed	minor		nginx-core	1.1.x	worksforme			Linux drone 3.0.6-gentoo-cxl-kvm #1 SMP Mon Dec 12 20:04:54 UTC 2011 x86_64 QEMU Virtual CPU version 0.12.3 GenuineIntel GNU/Linux	"ginx version: nginx/1.1.12
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: --prefix=/usr --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error_log --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid --lock-path=/var/lock/nginx.lock --user=nginx --group=nginx --with-cc-opt=-I/usr/include --with-ld-opt=-L/usr/lib --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access_log --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/client --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/proxy --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/fastcgi --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/scgi --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/tmp/nginx/uwsgi --with-file-aio --with-aio_module --with-ipv6 --with-pcre --with-http_addition_module --with-http_flv_module --with-http_geoip_module --with-http_perl_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_realip_module --add-module=/var/tmp/portage/www-servers/nginx-1.1.12-r1/work/agentzh-headers-more-nginx-module-137855d --add-module=/var/tmp/portage/www-servers/nginx-1.1.12-r1/work/nginx_http_push_module-0.692 --add-module=/var/tmp/portage/www-servers/nginx-1.1.12-r1/work/ngx_cache_purge-1.5 --with-http_ssl_module --without-mail_imap_module --without-mail_pop3_module --without-mail_smtp_module"