Max open file limit

[Denis Kirjanov]

Look at the include/asm-generic/resource.h

On 12/5/12, Denis Kirjanov <kirjanov at gmail.com> wrote:
> #define INR_OPEN_CUR 1024       /* Initial setting for nfile rlimits */
>
>
> On 12/5/12, Vijay Chauhan <kernel.vijay at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> How many files a process can open at a time? Is it configurable?
>>
>> I found following in the kernel code:
>>
>> ..
>>   .max_fds        = NR_OPEN_DEFAULT,
>> ..
>> ..
>> #define NR_OPEN_DEFAULT BITS_PER_LONG
>> ..
>> ..
>> #ifdef __KERNEL__
>> #define BITS_PER_LONG 32
>> ..
>>
>> But I can open more than 32 files in my user space program.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Vijay
>>
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>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Denis
>


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Regards,
Denis