From fb5867e922fc55ccaafdac7f53b4eae4dfc7f640 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabian Keil Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 17:39:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document the max-client-connections limit and the potential FD_SETSIZE limit --- doc/source/p-config.sgml | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/source/p-config.sgml b/doc/source/p-config.sgml index 0cbf7c0e..5a98fbe7 100644 --- a/doc/source/p-config.sgml +++ b/doc/source/p-config.sgml @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Purpose : Used with other docs and files only. - $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.95 2013/01/09 15:19:47 fabiankeil Exp $ + $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.96 2013/01/10 11:04:45 fabiankeil Exp $ Copyright (C) 2001-2011 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/ See LICENSE. @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Sample Configuration File for Privoxy v&p-version; - $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.95 2013/01/09 15:19:47 fabiankeil Exp $ + $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.96 2013/01/10 11:04:45 fabiankeil Exp $ Copyright (C) 2001-2013 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/ @@ -2931,7 +2931,7 @@ forward-socks4, forward-socks4a, forward-socks5 and forward-socks5t Default value: - None + 128 @@ -2976,6 +2976,13 @@ forward-socks4, forward-socks4a, forward-socks5 and forward-socks5t Obviously using this option only makes sense if you choose a limit below the one enforced by the operating system. + + One most POSIX-compliant systems &my-app; can't properly deal with + more than FD_SETSIZE file descriptors at the same time and has to reject + connections if the limit is reached. This will likely change in a + future version, but currently this limit can't be increased without + recompiling &my-app; with a different FD_SETSIZE limit. + -- 2.39.2