Re: why no fdset patch in kernel?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 14 Jun 1999 23:51:46 +0100 (BST)

> Does anyone know why the fdset (large # file descriptors / processes)
> patch has not been integrated into the kernel, even as experimental? Does
> it contain a memory leak or something else that is perhaps preventing
> this?

In the 2.2 case mainly because it didn't get in in time, in the 2.3 case
because Linus made a set of demands (mostly reasonable) about what had to
be sorted first and I've not gotten around to doing them.

Alan

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