core: set fs.file-max sysctl to LONG_MAX rather than ULONG_MAX
authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Mon, 17 Jun 2019 08:51:25 +0000 (10:51 +0200)
committerSalvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
Thu, 8 Jul 2021 13:03:45 +0000 (14:03 +0100)
commitb1f8bb6d53f99f67c62fb0433171b93e91d1943b
tree741e716411019534b99e9effe9726b7a7a46dd6f
parent0fcbd7aeeb9a7eb38578efeb88635d52366358bd
core: set fs.file-max sysctl to LONG_MAX rather than ULONG_MAX

Since kernel 5.2 the kernel thankfully returns proper errors when we
write a value out of range to the sysctl. Which however breaks writing
ULONG_MAX to request the maximum value. Hence let's write the new
maximum value instead, LONG_MAX.

/cc @brauner

Fixes: #12803
(cherry picked from commit 6e2f78948403a4cce45b9e34311c9577c624f066)

Gbp-Pq: Name core-set-fs.file-max-sysctl-to-LONG_MAX-rather-than-ULONG.patch
src/core/main.c