From: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
To: Jinseok Kim <always.starving0@gmail.com>
Cc: ltp@lists.linux.it
Subject: Re: [LTP] [PATCH v3 2/2] open: replace getdtablesize with getrlimit
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:42:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260313164258.GA251098@pevik> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260219141532.6513-2-always.starving0@gmail.com>
Hi Jinseok,
> The test currently uses getdtablesize() to determine the maximum
> number of file descriptors for the process. This interface is
> considered legacy and is not specified by POSIX.
> Use getrlimit() instead, which provides a well-defined
> and portable way to obtain the per-process file descriptor limit.
Hm, it's still supported by all libc on Linux including musl [1] and bionic [2],
and we even test getdomainname [3], but ok, let's move beyond POSIX 2004.
[1] https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/legacy/getdtablesize.c
[2] https://android.googlesource.com/platform/bionic.git/+/refs/heads/main/libc/bionic/ndk_cruft.cpp#288
[3] testcases/kernel/syscalls/getdomainname/getdomainname01.c
...
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/open/open04.c
> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> +#include <sys/resource.h>
nit: I removed this before merge (header included by other headers).
Merged this patch only (not the first one).
Kind regards,
Petr
> #include "tst_test.h"
> #define FNAME "open04"
> @@ -23,8 +24,10 @@ static char fname[20];
> static void setup(void)
> {
> int fd;
> + struct rlimit rlim;
> - fds_limit = getdtablesize();
> + SAFE_GETRLIMIT(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim);
> + fds_limit = rlim.rlim_cur;
> first = SAFE_OPEN(FNAME, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0777);
> fds = SAFE_MALLOC(sizeof(int) * (fds_limit - first));
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-13 16:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-18 14:47 [LTP] [PATCH v2 1/2] open: fix cleanup condition and use snprintf Jinseok Kim
2026-02-18 14:47 ` [LTP] [PATCH v2 2/2] open: replace getdtablesize with getrlimit Jinseok Kim
2026-02-19 9:37 ` [LTP] [PATCH v2 1/2] open: fix cleanup condition and use snprintf Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2026-02-19 14:15 ` [LTP] [PATCH v3 " Jinseok Kim
2026-02-19 14:15 ` [LTP] [PATCH v3 2/2] open: replace getdtablesize with getrlimit Jinseok Kim
2026-03-13 16:42 ` Petr Vorel [this message]
2026-03-20 13:56 ` [LTP] [PATCH v3 1/2] open: fix cleanup condition and use snprintf Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2026-03-21 14:08 ` [LTP] [PATCH v4] " Jinseok Kim
2026-03-23 6:45 ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2026-03-25 12:22 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5] " Jinseok Kim
2026-03-25 15:48 ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2026-03-27 14:03 ` [LTP] [PATCH v6] " Jinseok Kim
2026-03-27 14:52 ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp
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