CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: [email protected] 2022/01/21 09:18:16
Modified files:
lib/libc/sys : select.2
Log message:
In 1999 fd_set overflowing beyond FD_SETSIZE became enough of a problem that I
changed the entire tree to use fd_set allocation, and this manpage documented
the "calloc(howmany(max+1, NFDBITS), sizeof(fd_mask))" idiom. Since then we
completed converting the entire tree to poll(2), for many reasons, even
ssh/sshd.
Now the use of kernel-only sys/param.h-found howmany() and related macross grate
on me, so it is time to recommend use of poll(2) instead. [On a related note,
MacOS poll(2) is been dangerously broken for many years; that is their problem
to
handle as the whole ecosystem joins us in pivoting select -> poll)
ok millert
