RE: [PATCH] Prefer sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) over getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE,...)

["Joachim Schmitz" <jojo@schmitz-digital.de>]

> From: Joachim Schmitz [mailto:jojo@schmitz-digital.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 7:53 PM
> To: 'Junio C Hamano'
> Cc: 'git@vger.kernel.org'
> Subject: RE: [PATCH] Prefer sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) over
> getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE,...)
> 
> > From: Junio C Hamano [mailto:gitster@pobox.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 7:23 PM
> > To: Joachim Schmitz
> > Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] Prefer sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) over
> > getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE,...)
> >
> > "Joachim Schmitz" <jojo@schmitz-digital.de> writes:
> >
> > > Signed-off-by: Joachim Schmitz <jojo@schmitz-digital.de>
> > > ---
> > >  sha1_file.c | 4 ++++
> > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c index af5cfbd..76714ad 100644
> > > --- a/sha1_file.c
> > > +++ b/sha1_file.c
> > > @@ -747,6 +747,9 @@ static int open_packed_git_1(struct packed_git *p)
> > >                 return error("packfile %s index unavailable",
> > > p->pack_name);
> > >
> > >         if (!pack_max_fds) {
> > > +#ifdef _SC_OPEN_MAX
> > > +               unsigned int max_fds = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX); #else
> > >                 struct rlimit lim;
> > >                 unsigned int max_fds;
> > >
> > > @@ -754,6 +757,7 @@ static int open_packed_git_1(struct packed_git *p)
> > >                         die_errno("cannot get RLIMIT_NOFILE");
> > >
> > >                 max_fds = lim.rlim_cur;
> > > +#endif
> > >
> > >                 /* Save 3 for stdin/stdout/stderr, 22 for work */
> > >                 if (25 < max_fds)
> > > --
> > > 1.7.12
> >
> > Looks sane but it would be more readable to make this a small helper
> > function, so that we do not need to have #ifdef/#endif in the primary
flow of
> the code.
> 
> Hmm, in compat/? Worth the effort fort hat single occrence?
> 
> > By the way, I noticed that you seem to be sending patches out of git,
> > instead of "diff -ru", which is a good sign ;-).
> 
> Not quite, I'm generating them with "git format-patch origin", on the
NonStop
> machine, but can't send email from there (a) behind a firewall and b) no
email
> client available), so I copy/paste the resulting file into Outlook.
> 
> >But all of your patches are whitespace
> > damaged and cannot be applied X-<.
> 
> May well be Outlooks fault? How to solve?

Let's try this then:
---

Signed-off-by: Joachim Schmitz <jojo@schmitz-digital.de>
---
 sha1_file.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index af5cfbd..76714ad 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -747,6 +747,9 @@ static int open_packed_git_1(struct packed_git *p)
 		return error("packfile %s index unavailable", p->pack_name);
 
 	if (!pack_max_fds) {
+#ifdef _SC_OPEN_MAX
+		unsigned int max_fds = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX);
+#else
 		struct rlimit lim;
 		unsigned int max_fds;
 
@@ -754,6 +757,7 @@ static int open_packed_git_1(struct packed_git *p)
 			die_errno("cannot get RLIMIT_NOFILE");
 
 		max_fds = lim.rlim_cur;
+#endif
 
 		/* Save 3 for stdin/stdout/stderr, 22 for work */
 		if (25 < max_fds)
-- 
1.7.12

OK this way?

Bye, Jojo