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Increase number of inotify instances with: echo 1000000000 > /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances

Increase number of openable files with: ulimit -n ...

Check hardlimit with: ulimit -n -H

fill_slab_inotify.c

#include <sys/inotify.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    int i, fd;
    for (i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) {
        fd = inotify_init();
        if (fd == -1) {
            perror("inotify_init");
            break;
        }
    }
    printf("Created %d inotify instances\n", i);
    pause(); 
    return 0;
}

fill_slab_socket.c

#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>

int main() {
    int i, sockfd;
    for (i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) {
        sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
        if (sockfd == -1) {
            perror("socket");
            break;
        }
    }
    printf("Created %d sockets\n", i);
    pause(); 
    return 0;
}