linux-kernel - [PATCH] avoid OPEN_MAX in SCM_MAX

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Message-Id: <20070712005825.EC42A4D0555@magilla.localdomain>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:58:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] avoid OPEN_MAX in SCM_MAX_FD


The OPEN_MAX constant is an arbitrary number with no useful relation to
anything.  Nothing should be using it.  SCM_MAX_FD is just an arbitrary
constant and it should be clear that its value is chosen in net/scm.h
and not actually derived from anything else meaningful in the system.

Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
---
 include/net/scm.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/scm.h b/include/net/scm.h
index 5637d5e..423cb1d 100644
--- a/include/net/scm.h
+++ b/include/net/scm.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 /* Well, we should have at least one descriptor open
  * to accept passed FDs 8)
  */
-#define SCM_MAX_FD	(OPEN_MAX-1)
+#define SCM_MAX_FD	255
 
 struct scm_fp_list
 {
-
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