// and can set whatever we want). 128k should be ample for most setups.
rlimit rlim;
if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim) != -1) {
+ // Even root cannot increase rlim_cur beyond rlim_max,
+ // so we need to try to increase rlim_max first.
+ // Ignore errors, though.
+ if (rlim.rlim_max < 131072) {
+ rlim.rlim_max = 131072;
+ setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim);
+ getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim);
+ }
+
rlim_t wanted = std::max<rlim_t>(rlim.rlim_cur, 131072);
rlim.rlim_cur = std::min<rlim_t>(wanted, rlim.rlim_max);
setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim); // Ignore errors.