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Date:      Fri, 13 Dec 1996 00:27:06 -0800 (PST)
From:      sameer <sameer@c2.net>
To:        sameer@blacklodge.c2.org (sameer)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: getdtablesize, OPEN_MAX, and sysctl
Message-ID:  <199612130827.AAA20468@atropos.c2.org>
In-Reply-To: <no.id> from "sameer" at Dec 12, 96 11:53:25 pm

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	More information -- on the 2.1-STABLE machine with OPEN_MAX of
256 we tested it by subtracting two from the getdtablesize() result
before passing it to select() -- it now works.

> 	So I have a machine (2.1-STABLE) with OPEN_MAX set to 256.
> When I do sysctl -a kern.maxfiles is 2088. Is there a relationship
> between OPEN_MAX and something that shows up in sysctl?
> 	I have this program, where if I do a getdtablesize (or
> sysconf(SC_OPEN_MAX)) it returns 256 at program startup, but returns
> *258* on a getdtablesize() call further on in execution. (Right before
> a select(), which then subsequently fails with EINVAL) Anyone know how
> the getdtablesize() result could have changed by two?
> 
> 	I have another machine (2.1-STABLE) with OPEN_MAX of
> 1024. sysctl kern.maxfiles is 2088. getdtablesize() returns 1024 on
> program startup and 1026 right before that select call.
> 
> 	I have yet another machine (2.1.5-RELEASE) with a default
> OPEN_MAX. kern.maxfiles is 4136. When I run this same program, it
> works. getdtablesize() returns 64 on startup and 66 right before the
> select.
> 
> 	I have yet another machine (2.1.0-RELEASE) with an OPEN_MAX of
> 128 and kern.maxfiles is 360. getdtablesize() at main is 128 at right
> before the select it is 130.
> 
> 	On the last two machines, the select runs fine On the first
> two, the select (the result of the getdtablesize() is going to the
> first arg of the select() call) returns EINVAL.
> 
> 	Could someone point me in the direction of a clue? thanks.

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