1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/utils/fdlimit_windows.go b/cmd/utils/fdlimit_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53aad3d7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/utils/fdlimit_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of go-ethereum.
+//
+// go-ethereum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// go-ethereum is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with go-ethereum. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package utils
+
+import "errors"
+
+// raiseFdLimit tries to maximize the file descriptor allowance of this process
+// to the maximum hard-limit allowed by the OS.
+func raiseFdLimit(max uint64) error {
+	// This method is NOP by design:
+	//  * Linux/Darwin counterparts need to manually increase per process limits
+	//  * On Windows Go uses the CreateFile API, which is limited to 16K files, non
+	//    changeable from within a running process
+	// This way we can always "request" raising the limits, which will either have
+	// or not have effect based on the platform we're running on.
+	if max > 16384 {
+		return errors.New("file descriptor limit (16384) reached")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// getFdLimit retrieves the number of file descriptors allowed to be opened by this
+// process.
+func getFdLimit() (int, error) {
+	// Please see raiseFdLimit for the reason why we use hard coded 16K as the limit
+	return 16384, nil
+}