JDK-8021820 : Number of opened files used in select() is limited to 1024 [macosx]
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.net
  • Affected Version: 8
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: os_x
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2013-07-29
  • Updated: 2014-03-07
  • Resolved: 2013-08-19
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7u60Fixed 8 b105Fixed
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JDK-8035897 - Better memory allocation for file descriptors greater than 1024 on macosx
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Description
The number of opened files used in select() on MacOSX is limited to 1024 (FD_SETSIZE). 
The following  sequence can illustrate the problem:
1. Open 1023 files (use FileInputStream())
2. Create socket and try to read from it.
3. Get the following exception:
Exception in thread "main" java.net.SocketException: Invalid argument
	at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)
	at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:150)
	at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:121)
	at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(BufferedInputStream.java:235)
	at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read1(BufferedInputStream.java:275)
	at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:334)
	at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTPHeader(HttpClient.java:633)
	at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTP(HttpClient.java:579)
	at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTP(HttpClient.java:604)
	at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1322)
	at SelectFdsLimit.main(SelectFdsLimit.java:86)
Comments
Attached test /test/java/net/ServerSocket/SelectFdsLimit.java passed
07-03-2014
jdk8/tl changeset: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/rev/00dcfaa6bc01
19-08-2013
The select is used only in java.net (Search for USE_SELECT macro). Based on this - suggesting 'java.net' sub-component.
30-07-2013
The java.io code doesn't use select so we probably should be tracking this in another sub-component.
29-07-2013
The MacOSx JDK uses the select() system call to wait for events on FDs (instead of poll() ). By default the number of file descriptors to select() on is limited to 1024. To remove this limit the D_DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT flag should be used during compilation.
29-07-2013