Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
>
> Dancer wrote:
>
> > I have a copy of the glibc source here...I don't _think_ there's much in
> > the way of fd_set size-dependencies in it. I'll take a look when I get a
> > chance. I've been meaning to for a year or so anyway.
>
> Not much, but there are (or at least was last time I looked) certain
> componends which uses their own fd_set variables. Last time I looked I
> found at least pthreads and the resolver. Both seemed to be safe for use
> with a Squid using a much larger fd_set size, but I would recompile the
> library to make sure. I also think SUN RPC was subject to this, but it
> is not normally used with Squid.
>
> Search for
> FD_SETSIZE
> FD_ZERO
> fd_set
> fd_mask
I found problems with the linux pthread scheduler on machines with
larger fd_sets. I don't count linuxthreads safe under systems with more
than 256 descriptors/process.
D
Received on Wed Jul 14 1999 - 20:44:23 MDT
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