On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 06:05:07AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: >On 09/24/2013 10:32 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >>> This patch causes failures on at least test-fcntl and test-dup2 on >>> cygwin (both 32-bit and 64-bit); there, getdtablesize() currently >>> returns the current runtime value, but this value starts at 256, and >>> automatically expands as needed at runtime up to 3200. I think cygwin >>> should be patched to make getdtablesize() return a constant 3200 (rather >>> than the current runtime value); >> >> Why? What does "3200" have to do with anything? There is not supposed >> to be a hard-coded upper limit. >> > >But there IS a hard-coded limit: > >http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/winsup/cygwin/dtable.h?rev=1.59&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=src
Sorry, you're right. I should have checked before talking. And, it apparently you were expecting me to check. Since you've previously made modifications in this area, why not supply a simple patch? cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
