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20 * POSIX Standard: 2.9.2 Minimum Values Added to <limits.h>
22 * Never include this file directly; use <limits.h> instead.
25 #ifndef _BITS_POSIX1_LIM_H
26 #define _BITS_POSIX1_LIM_H 1
29 /* These are the standard-mandated minimum values. */
31 /* Minimum number of operations in one list I/O call. */
32 #define _POSIX_AIO_LISTIO_MAX 2
34 /* Minimal number of outstanding asynchronous I/O operations. */
35 #define _POSIX_AIO_MAX 1
37 /* Maximum length of arguments to `execve', including environment. */
38 #define _POSIX_ARG_MAX 4096
40 /* Maximum simultaneous processes per real user ID. */
41 #ifdef __USE_XOPEN2K
42 # define _POSIX_CHILD_MAX 25
43 #else
44 # define _POSIX_CHILD_MAX 6
45 #endif
47 /* Minimal number of timer expiration overruns. */
48 #define _POSIX_DELAYTIMER_MAX 32
50 /* Maximum length of a host name (not including the terminating null)
51 as returned from the GETHOSTNAME function. */
52 #define _POSIX_HOST_NAME_MAX 255
54 /* Maximum link count of a file. */
55 #define _POSIX_LINK_MAX 8
57 /* Maximum length of login name. */
58 #define _POSIX_LOGIN_NAME_MAX 9
60 /* Number of bytes in a terminal canonical input queue. */
61 #define _POSIX_MAX_CANON 255
63 /* Number of bytes for which space will be
64 available in a terminal input queue. */
65 #define _POSIX_MAX_INPUT 255
67 /* Maximum number of message queues open for a process. */
68 #define _POSIX_MQ_OPEN_MAX 8
70 /* Maximum number of supported message priorities. */
71 #define _POSIX_MQ_PRIO_MAX 32
73 /* Number of bytes in a filename. */
74 #define _POSIX_NAME_MAX 14
76 /* Number of simultaneous supplementary group IDs per process. */
77 #ifdef __USE_XOPEN2K
78 # define _POSIX_NGROUPS_MAX 8
79 #else
80 # define _POSIX_NGROUPS_MAX 0
81 #endif
83 /* Number of files one process can have open at once. */
84 #ifdef __USE_XOPEN2K
85 # define _POSIX_OPEN_MAX 20
86 #else
87 # define _POSIX_OPEN_MAX 16
88 #endif
90 /* Number of descriptors that a process may examine with `pselect' or
91 `select'. */
92 #define _POSIX_FD_SETSIZE _POSIX_OPEN_MAX
94 /* Number of bytes in a pathname. */
95 #define _POSIX_PATH_MAX 256
97 /* Number of bytes than can be written atomically to a pipe. */
98 #define _POSIX_PIPE_BUF 512
100 /* The number of repeated occurrences of a BRE permitted by the
101 REGEXEC and REGCOMP functions when using the interval notation. */
102 #define _POSIX_RE_DUP_MAX 255
104 /* Minimal number of realtime signals reserved for the application. */
105 #define _POSIX_RTSIG_MAX 8
107 /* Number of semaphores a process can have. */
108 #define _POSIX_SEM_NSEMS_MAX 256
110 /* Maximal value of a semaphore. */
111 #define _POSIX_SEM_VALUE_MAX 32767
113 /* Number of pending realtime signals. */
114 #define _POSIX_SIGQUEUE_MAX 32
116 /* Largest value of a `ssize_t'. */
117 #define _POSIX_SSIZE_MAX 32767
119 /* Number of streams a process can have open at once. */
120 #define _POSIX_STREAM_MAX 8
122 /* The number of bytes in a symbolic link. */
123 #define _POSIX_SYMLINK_MAX 255
125 /* The number of symbolic links that can be traversed in the
126 resolution of a pathname in the absence of a loop. */
127 #define _POSIX_SYMLOOP_MAX 8
129 /* Number of timer for a process. */
130 #define _POSIX_TIMER_MAX 32
132 /* Maximum number of characters in a tty name. */
133 #define _POSIX_TTY_NAME_MAX 9
135 /* Maximum length of a timezone name (element of `tzname'). */
136 #define _POSIX_TZNAME_MAX 6
138 /* Maximum number of connections that can be queued on a socket. */
139 #define _POSIX_QLIMIT 1
141 /* Maximum number of bytes that can be buffered on a socket for send
142 or receive. */
143 #define _POSIX_HIWAT _POSIX_PIPE_BUF
145 /* Maximum number of elements in an `iovec' array. */
146 #define _POSIX_UIO_MAXIOV 16
148 /* Maximum clock resolution in nanoseconds. */
149 #define _POSIX_CLOCKRES_MIN 20000000
152 /* Get the implementation-specific values for the above. */
153 #include <bits/local_lim.h>
156 #ifndef SSIZE_MAX
157 # define SSIZE_MAX LONG_MAX
158 #endif
161 /* This value is a guaranteed minimum maximum.
162 The current maximum can be got from `sysconf'. */
164 #ifndef NGROUPS_MAX
165 # define NGROUPS_MAX 8
166 #endif
168 #endif /* bits/posix1_lim.h */