Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf: Add closing sibling events' file descriptors

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 07:45:18AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:

> Unfortunately we're kind of stuck with the old NFILE=1024 default
> even though it makes little sense on modern servers.

Why can't that be changed? It seems to me all of userspace changes all
the time; heck that system-doofus thing flushed 20+ years of sysadmin
experience down the drain, just cause. Why can't we up a file limit?