Re: [libtorrent] too many connections error on peer_plugin

[arvid <ar...@cs...>]

On 2015-04-22 09:56, Bedeho Mender wrote:
> After installing a torrent plugin on a torrent, an external peer 
> connects
> to us, and a peer plugin is installed on this connection.
> 
> Some times it happens that that peer_plugin::on_disconnect() is 
> immediately
> called with the error "too many connections", and the connection is
> dropped. Other times not.
> 
> Why would this be?

It means you hit the upper limit of number of connections, either
the global limit or per torrent limit (or some other limit)

> Why would this be an error for only one or two
> connections, when docs say for session_settings::connections_limit:

presumably whenever you exceed the limit, some connection is 
disconnected.
It may be the one that just connected to you or it may be some other
connection.

> "sets a global limit on the number of connections opened. The number of
> connections is set to a hard minimum of at least two per torrent, so if 
> you
> set a too low connections limit, and open too many torrents, the limit 
> will
> not be met."

most of that text just says that you can't set the peer connection limit 
to
less than: 2 * num_torrents. It doesn't say it won't disconnect peers 
when
the limit is hit.

-- 
Arvid Norberg