Index: fs/select.c
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RCS file: /home/cvs/linux-2.4/fs/select.c,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.5 select.c
--- fs/select.c	2001/07/09 23:10:25	1.5
+++ fs/select.c	2001/08/14 23:47:46
@@ -416,11 +416,8 @@
 	int nchunks, nleft;
 
 	/* Do a sanity check on nfds ... */
-	if (nfds > NR_OPEN)
+	if (nfds > current->rlim[RLIMIT_NOFILE].rlim_cur)
 		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (nfds > current->files->max_fds)
-		nfds = current->files->max_fds;
 
 	if (timeout) {
 		/* Careful about overflow in the intermediate values */