Re: [PATCH] thread wakeup fix for 2.4.0-test7

From: Jamie Lokier (lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Date: Thu Aug 31 2000 - 09:55:21 EDT

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    Alan Cox wrote:
    > > close doesn't close. This would be a ``bug'', Linus.
    >
    > Nope. The fd can be closed and a new one opened while the poll sleeps on the
    > existing one. The current code is compliant

    So can you open enough files to crash a machine this way then?
    (Because the _fd_ limit is never reached, but the open file limit may be).

    -- Jamie
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