Don't abort tests 518 and 537 when unable to raise the open-file soft limit

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tests/libtest/lib537.c b/tests/libtest/lib537.c
index b4b2b7a93..1f5a34221 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/lib537.c
+++ b/tests/libtest/lib537.c
@@ -148,12 +148,27 @@ static int rlimit(int keep_open)
 
   if (rl.rlim_cur != rl.rlim_max) {
 
+#ifdef OPEN_MAX
+    if ((rl.rlim_cur > 0) &&
+        (rl.rlim_cur < OPEN_MAX)) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "raising soft limit up to OPEN_MAX\n");
+      rl.rlim_cur = OPEN_MAX;
+      if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rl) != 0) {
+        /* on failure don't abort just issue a warning */
+        store_errmsg("setrlimit() failed", ERRNO);
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", msgbuff);
+        msgbuff[0] = '\0';
+      }
+    }
+#endif
+
     fprintf(stderr, "raising soft limit up to hard limit\n");
     rl.rlim_cur = rl.rlim_max;
     if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rl) != 0) {
+      /* on failure don't abort just issue a warning */
       store_errmsg("setrlimit() failed", ERRNO);
       fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", msgbuff);
-      return -2;
+      msgbuff[0] = '\0';
     }
 
     /* get current open file limits */