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DateThu, 20 Jan 2000 18:42:59 +0100
FromJamie Lokier <>
SubjectRe: [patch-2.3.40-pre6] nfds limit for poll() raised to 131 million (is that enough?)
Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> > Excellent idea!
> 
> hmmm, you think so? I felt a bit embarrased after posting it because I
> thought it was not such a good idea because one would have to reorganize
> the way we pass parameters to do_poll() completely.

I think the main potential benefit is saving memory in all those blocked
applications.  Of course you'd want to apply the same optimisation to
do_select().

enjoy,
-- Jamie

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