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From petere@postgresql.org (Peter Eisentraut)
Subject pgsql: Don't actively violate the system limit of maximum open files
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Msg-id 20090304091250.012EE755AA5@cvs.postgresql.org
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Log Message:
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Don't actively violate the system limit of maximum open files (RLIMIT_NOFILE).
This avoids irritating kernel logs (if system overstep violations are enabled)
and also the grsecurity alert when starting PostgreSQL.

original patch by Jacek Drobiecki

References:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2004-05/msg00103.php
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=248967

Modified Files:
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    pgsql/src/backend/storage/file:
        fd.c (r1.147 -> r1.148)
        (http://anoncvs.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c?r1=1.147&r2=1.148)

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