too many close calls for non-opened fds

[Logu]

> On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 10:35:26AM +0530, Logu wrote:
>> Is there anyway to fix this too many close() calls which
>> results in performance degradation?
>
> is it really a performance degradation?
>

Yes, we see a performance degradation. We see approximately 30-40 new 
connections per second in our machine. In another machine we see the number 
of close calls go upto 60K.

I would like to know the impact of checking the resource limits before 
calling close().

thanks
-logu