Are limitations of select() hurting us?
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Description
@zozlak: In https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/select.2.html I read:
WARNING: select() can monitor only file descriptors numbers that
are less than FD_SETSIZE (1024)—an unreasonably low limit for
many modern applications—and this limitation will not change.
All modern applications should instead use poll(2) or epoll(7),
which do not suffer this limitation.
Are we affected here?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked Linux select(2) documentation, then inspect RPostgres for any use of select() in connection or event-waiting paths. Done means confirming whether the FD_SETSIZE limitation affects this project and recording a clear conclusion with any needed follow-up.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- postgresql, r
- Domain
- databases
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100