in my program, i was able to set the maximum number
of open files to 32K (though setrlimit()). but when i
call poll with nfds > 256, i still get error.
--- David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> wrote:
>
> There is no such limit in the poll function. You
> won't run into problems
> with it until you hit about 16,000 fds. You will
> not, of course, be able to
> _open_ more than 256 files unless you adjust your
> per-process resource
> limits. And you may not be able to create more than
> about 10,000 unless you
> adjust your system-wide inode and file limits.
>
> DS
>
> > hi,
> >
> > iam writing a program that uses poll function.
> >
> > int poll(struct pollfd *ufds, unsigned int nfds,
> int
> > timeout)
> >
> > i will use it to check 10000 FDs. but it only
> allows
> > me to check up to 256 FDs.
> >
> > is there a way for me to increase nfds ?
> >
> > sherwin
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