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From"David Schwartz" <>
SubjectRE: First draft list of 2.3.x "Things to fix"
DateThu, 6 Jan 2000 23:33:08 -0800
> On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 12:18:09AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > } Poll on > 16000 file handles fails
>
> > > Sorry if this has been commented on before, but is there more
> information
> > > on this?
>
> > It causes a kmalloc too big error
>
> In a single process or system wide???? If the former, that's one
> heck of a process. If the later, I've got a couple of mailing
> list engines
> that are real close to that many file handles.
>
> Mike

If a single process attempts to poll on more than 16,000 file descriptors,
it fails. I hit this limit all the time and would really appreciate it being
fixed.

DS


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