Re: kern/44950: fcntl(F_MAXFD) returns bogus values

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/44950; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
To: Julio Merino <jmmv%julipedia.org@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, martin%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost,
        gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/44950: fcntl(F_MAXFD) returns bogus values
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 15:35:51 +0200

 On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 09:30:34AM -0400, Julio Merino wrote:
 > * The test case is bogus because it's relying on the shell to leave a 
 > predeterminate amount of file descriptors open.
 
 Well, in a way it does, and should be enhanced. And the manual invocation
 does not realy matter here, this is just a convenient way to show the
 effect.
 
 IMHO either this is a file descriptor leak in sh/ksh, or a kernel bug.
 
 Martin