Messages in this thread | | | From | "David Schwartz" <> | Subject | RE: RFC: poll change | Date | Wed, 15 Aug 2001 03:40:50 -0700 |
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> From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> > Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 08:38:02 +1000 > > Hmm, it still seems to be wrong: > ... > > if (nfds > current->files->max_fds) > nfds = current->files->max_fds; > > The second if statement should be removed. And it might be > better to use > current->rlim[RLIMIT_NOFILE].rlim_cur instead of NR_OPEN. > > It has to be limited to "max_fds", that is how many files we may > legally address in current->files!
Though stupid, I believe it is perfectly legal to, say, have one socket open and poll for it with two separate entries, one checking readability and one checking writability.
DS
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