From de397d57c9ea06ca3e0bba13f393cd9208611cb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 16:53:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] note some dead code in set_max_file_descriptors

---
 src/common/compat.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/common/compat.c b/src/common/compat.c
index 34f6ea2ba3..9d01c9deb3 100644
--- a/src/common/compat.c
+++ b/src/common/compat.c
@@ -1642,6 +1642,9 @@ set_max_file_descriptors(rlim_t limit, int *max_out)
     return -1;
   }
   if (limit == 0) {
+    /* XXXX DEAD CODE We can't reach this point, since the first "if" in this
+     * function increases limit if it started out less than ULIMIT_BUFFER */
+
     /* If limit == 0, return the maximum value without setting it. */
     limit = rlim.rlim_max;
     if (limit > INT_MAX)
-- 
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