xref: /freebsd/sys/sys/syslimits.h (revision 6419bb52)
1 /*-
2  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
3  *
4  * Copyright (c) 1988, 1993
5  *	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
6  *
7  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
8  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
9  * are met:
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11  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
12  * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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14  *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
15  * 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
16  *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
17  *    without specific prior written permission.
18  *
19  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
20  * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
21  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
22  * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
23  * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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25  * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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28  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
29  * SUCH DAMAGE.
30  *
31  *	@(#)syslimits.h	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/2/93
32  * $FreeBSD$
33  */
34 
35 #ifndef _SYS_SYSLIMITS_H_
36 #define _SYS_SYSLIMITS_H_
37 
38 #if !defined(_STANDALONE) && !defined(_KERNEL) && !defined(_LIMITS_H_) && !defined(_SYS_PARAM_H_)
39 #ifndef _SYS_CDEFS_H_
40 #error this file needs sys/cdefs.h as a prerequisite
41 #endif
42 #ifdef __CC_SUPPORTS_WARNING
43 #warning "No user-serviceable parts inside."
44 #endif
45 #endif
46 
47 /*
48  * Do not add any new variables here.  (See the comment at the end of
49  * the file for why.)
50  */
51 #ifndef __ILP32__
52 #define	ARG_MAX	      (2 * 256 * 1024)	/* max bytes for an exec function */
53 #else
54 #define	ARG_MAX		  (256 * 1024)	/* max bytes for KVA-starved archs */
55 #endif
56 #ifndef CHILD_MAX
57 #define	CHILD_MAX		   40	/* max simultaneous processes */
58 #endif
59 #define	MAX_CANON		  255	/* max bytes in term canon input line */
60 #define	MAX_INPUT		  255	/* max bytes in terminal input */
61 #define	NAME_MAX		  255	/* max bytes in a file name */
62 #ifndef NGROUPS_MAX
63 #define	NGROUPS_MAX	 	 1023	/* max supplemental group id's */
64 #endif
65 #ifndef OPEN_MAX
66 #define	OPEN_MAX		   64	/* max open files per process */
67 #endif
68 #define	PATH_MAX		 1024	/* max bytes in pathname */
69 #define	PIPE_BUF		  512	/* max bytes for atomic pipe writes */
70 #define	IOV_MAX			 1024	/* max elements in i/o vector */
71 
72 /*
73  * We leave the following values undefined to force applications to either
74  * assume conservative values or call sysconf() to get the current value.
75  *
76  * HOST_NAME_MAX
77  *
78  * (We should do this for most of the values currently defined here,
79  * but many programs are not prepared to deal with this yet.)
80  */
81 #endif
82