Problems with the cpp change after 2000-06-18

[Zack Weinberg]

On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 10:09:19AM -0700, H . J . Lu wrote:
> Hi, Zack,
> 
> I am not sure if I like the cpp change after 2000-06-18 when cpp keeps
> so many files open. The problem is on a 4way SMP machie, I can do
> 
> # make MAKE="make -j 8"
> 
> in the Linux kernel build. My system file descriptor limit is reached
> in minutes. Then other processes on my machine start dying. I know you
> put in a fix so that cpp won't die. But it doesn't help other processes.
> I think you should put a limit on the number of opened files in cpp.

Try using ulimit -n.

zw