[PATCH 1/2] os: Don't limit MaxClients to MAXCLIENTS

[Keith Packard]

On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:25:25 -0500, Adam Jackson <ajax at redhat.com> wrote:
> ... which is sort of a funny thing to say.  MaxClients was actually the
> maximum file descriptor number to pass to select(); MAXCLIENTS is the
> client count limit.  Typical servers have quite a few file descriptors
> open below MAXCLIENTS that are not clients (input devices, mostly),
> which means you end up losing client slots.
> 
> Rename MaxClients to MaxFd, to reflect its true nature, and don't clamp it
> to MAXCLIENTS.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adam Jackson <ajax at redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Keith Packard <keithp at keithp.com>

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