server-rlimit-nix.go

//  +build !windows,!plan9

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package main

import "syscall"

// For all unixes we need to bump allowed number of open files to a
// higher value than its usual default of '1024'. The reasoning is
// that this value is too small for a server.
func setMaxOpenFiles() error {
	var rLimit syscall.Rlimit
	err := syscall.Getrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rLimit)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	// Set the current limit to Max, it is usually around 4096.
	// TO increate this limit further user has to manually edit
	// `/etc/security/limits.conf`
	rLimit.Cur = rLimit.Max
	err = syscall.Setrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rLimit)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	err = syscall.Getrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rLimit)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return nil
}