Viktor Dukhovni:
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 03:38:35PM -0400, Wietse Venema wrote:
>
> > Axel Luttgens:
> > [default open file rlim_max = 9223372036854775807]
> >
> > Thanks for doing the experiments. On 64-bit systems the number
> > 9223372036854775807 equals RLIM_INFINITY.
>
> An interesting API choice, since file descriptors larger than
> INT_MAX cannot be used with open(2), close(2), read(2), write(2), ...
> So using a 64-bit (long) limit for a 32-bit (int) quantity is a
> bit perverse.
setrlimit() handles limits other that file handles, and
all limits use RLIM_INFINITY to indicate "no enforcement".
Wietse
