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To: Mahadevan Iyer <iyer@internetdevices.com>
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Subject: Re: Possible Bug in JVM socket code on FreeBSD, java.net.Socket
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> > For what it's worth, I have tracked down this 'bug' and now know what
> > the problem is.  It's related to the select code used in FreeBSD
> > limiting the JVM to 255 *total* file descriptors.  Unfortunately, I
> > don't (yet) have a way to increase the number of descriptors
> > arbitrarily, so until we come up with a solution the limit is 250.
> >
> 
> Just to confirm that I understand the problem
> 
>      The select code used in the JVM limits the *total* file
>      descriptors
>      This is not a problem with the FreeBSD socket lib
> 
> This is not a OS limit that can be tweaked.

It is, but I don't know how to workaround the 'basic 255' limit in the
JDK *code*.  The OS is fully capable of handling thousands of FD's, but
I do not (yet) know how to make the JDK source code take advantage of
this.

Hopefully I'll know soon though.... :)


Nate

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