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[PATCH] Prefer sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) over getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE,...)

From
Joachim Schmitz <jojo@schmitz-digital.de>
Date
Aug 22, 2012, 16:00 UTC
Message-ID
<002301cd807f$4e19ad80$ea4d0880$@schmitz-digital.de>
Signed-off-by: Joachim Schmitz <jojo@schmitz-digital.de>
---
 sha1_file.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index af5cfbd..76714ad 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -747,6 +747,9 @@ static int open_packed_git_1(struct packed_git *p)
                return error("packfile %s index unavailable", p->pack_name);

        if (!pack_max_fds) {
+#ifdef _SC_OPEN_MAX
+               unsigned int max_fds = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX);
+#else
                struct rlimit lim;
                unsigned int max_fds;

@@ -754,6 +757,7 @@ static int open_packed_git_1(struct packed_git *p)
                        die_errno("cannot get RLIMIT_NOFILE");

                max_fds = lim.rlim_cur;
+#endif

                /* Save 3 for stdin/stdout/stderr, 22 for work */
                if (25 < max_fds)
--
1.7.12
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