int status;
int file_descriptor= mkstemp (path);
- if (file_descriptor < 0)
- xbt_die("Impossible to create temporary file for memory mapping");
+ if (file_descriptor < 0) {
+ if (errno==EMFILE) {
+ xbt_die("Impossible to create temporary file for memory mapping: %s\n\
+The open() system call failed with the EMFILE error code (too many files). \n\n\
+This means that you reached the system limits concerning the amount of files per process. \
+This is not a surprise if you are trying to virtualize many processes on top of SMPI. \
+Don't panic -- you should simply increase your system limits and try again. \n\n\
+First, check what your limits are:\n\
+ cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max # Gives you the system-wide limit\n\
+ ulimit -Hn # Gives you the per process hard limit\n\
+ ulimit -Sn # Gives you the per process soft limit\n\
+ cat /proc/self/limits # Displays any per-process limitation (including the one given above)\n\n\
+If one of these values is less than the amount of MPI processes that you try to run, then you got the explanation of this error. \
+Ask the Internet about tutorials on how to increase the files limit such as: https://rtcamp.com/tutorials/linux/increase-open-files-limit/",
+ strerror(errno));
+ }
+ xbt_die("Impossible to create temporary file for memory mapping: %s",
+ strerror(errno));
+ }
status = unlink (path);
if (status)
