Re: 1024 file descriptors should be enough for anyone

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Thu, 05 May 2022 13:35:51 +0200, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> 
>>>>> said:
    >> Comments welcome (I can stick it on a branch if needed). Things that
    >> could be done:
    >> 
    >> - make the upper limit either statically or dynamically configurable
    >> (on GNU/Linux in theory you could have 1e6 open descriptors)

    Lars> I think that would be nice.

OK. I think it increases the coupling between sysdep.c and process.c,
but nothing too bad.

    >> - a feature flag
    >> - dynamic switching between poll and select

    Lars> I guess those could be handy when debugging, but I don't really 
envision
    Lars> any users would want to twiddle this stuff (famous last words).

Itʼs in system-configuration-features, but perhaps packages will want
to change their behaviour based on a feature flag.

    Lars> Anyway, I think sticking this on a feature branch so that a few more
    Lars> people can give it a go (before merging) would be good.

Done (and yes, the commit message is incomplete).

Robert
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