#define DEFAULT_RELAYD_RUNDIR "%s"
#define DEFAULT_RELAYD_PATH DEFAULT_RELAYD_RUNDIR "/relayd"
-#define DEFAULT_RELAYD_MINIMAL_FD_CAP 30
+#define DEFAULT_RELAYD_MIN_FD_POOL_SIZE 100
+/*
+ * The file descriptor pool size needs a reserve buffer to accomodate the
+ * indirect use of short-lived file descriptors. For instance, glibc will
+ * create a socket (and thus, use an fd) during calls to gethostname() or
+ * when querying the user's group. Other calls also probably make use of
+ * short-lived FDs.
+ *
+ * The theoritical maximal reserve corresponds to the number of threads as,
+ * in the worst case, they could all be making such calls.
+ *
+ * This value must be less than DEFAULT_RELAYD_MIN_FD_POOL_SIZE.
+ */
+#define DEFAULT_RELAYD_FD_POOL_SIZE_RESERVE 10
/* Default lttng run directory */
#define DEFAULT_LTTNG_HOME_ENV_VAR "LTTNG_HOME"