Re: [Boost-users] *NIX: Boost ASIO and file descriptor limits

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] *NIX: Boost ASIO and file descriptor limits
From: Boris (boriss_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-04 11:16:04

On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:56:38 +0200, Etienne Philip Pretorius  
<icewolfhunter_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> I have a question regarding the system limit on a *NIX system for the  
> maximum open file descriptors that a process may have open.
>
> If you were using the boost asio library to design a server application  
> how would you go about and extend the server to handle more than the  
> 1024 file descriptor limit.

I think the 1024 file descriptor limit is only a problem if you use  
select(). Depending on your operating system it should be possible to  
raise the per-process limit. If you use then an I/O service based on  
poll() or epoll() I would assume this limit goes away.

Boris

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