On Wed, 15 Sep 2004, Michael Haardt wrote:
> #ifdef RLIMIT_NOFILE
> if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlp) < 0)
> rlp.rlim_cur = rlp.rlim_max = 0;
>
> Just curious, why the above?
To read the exising limits, and assume zero if reading fails. But I
can't remember why I wrote it like that. Or even if I did - it might
have been submitted code. This is not something I would ever have
dreamed up; it was a response to a real problem.
> This part does not check if the limit is already set to RLIM_INFINITY
> (or 1000 if not defined). May that cause the described problem?
Could be.
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