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| -rw-r--r-- | libs/ardour/globals.cc | 23 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libs/ardour/globals.cc b/libs/ardour/globals.cc index 44367b8cf3..c36748612a 100644 --- a/libs/ardour/globals.cc +++ b/libs/ardour/globals.cc @@ -218,7 +218,30 @@ lotsa_files_please () if (setrlimit (RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rl) != 0) { if (rl.rlim_cur == RLIM_INFINITY) { +#if __APPLE__ + /* For some reason, Apple doesn't do this the + * same way as Linux, and asking for + * RLIM_INFINITY even though that is + * rl.rlim_cur doesn't work. + * + * So try some actual large numbers in the hope + * that one of them will work. + */ + + rl.rlim_cur = 10000; + if (setrlimit (RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rl) != 0) { + rl.rlim_cur = 4096; + if (setrlimit (RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rl) != 0) { + rl.rlim_cur = 1000; + if (setrlimit (RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rl) != 0) { + error << _("Could not set system open files limit to a reasonable value. Be careful!") << endmsg; + } + } + } + info << string_compose ("Configured system open file limit to %1", rl.rlim_cur) << endmsg; +#else error << _("Could not set system open files limit to \"unlimited\"") << endmsg; +#endif } else { error << string_compose (_("Could not set system open files limit to %1"), rl.rlim_cur) << endmsg; } |