diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore index 0b45af3b6d..2e37c34364 100644 --- a/.gitignore +++ b/.gitignore @@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ uptime-*.json /src/lib/libtor-math-testing.a /src/lib/libtor-memarea.a /src/lib/libtor-memarea-testing.a +/src/lib/libtor-meminfo.a +/src/lib/libtor-meminfo-testing.a /src/lib/libtor-net.a /src/lib/libtor-net-testing.a /src/lib/libtor-process.a diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index 162e56e762..f44f64732e 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ TOR_UTIL_LIBS = \ src/lib/libtor-thread.a \ src/lib/libtor-memarea.a \ src/lib/libtor-math.a \ + src/lib/libtor-meminfo.a \ src/lib/libtor-log.a \ src/lib/libtor-lock.a \ src/lib/libtor-fdio.a \ @@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ TOR_UTIL_TESTING_LIBS = \ src/lib/libtor-thread-testing.a \ src/lib/libtor-memarea-testing.a \ src/lib/libtor-math-testing.a \ + src/lib/libtor-meminfo-testing.a \ src/lib/libtor-log-testing.a \ src/lib/libtor-lock-testing.a \ src/lib/libtor-fdio-testing.a \ diff --git a/src/common/compat.c b/src/common/compat.c index b0a0a302c2..6eb4ee77b4 100644 --- a/src/common/compat.c +++ b/src/common/compat.c @@ -128,132 +128,6 @@ SecureZeroMemory(PVOID ptr, SIZE_T cnt) #include "lib/net/address.h" #include "lib/sandbox/sandbox.h" -/** Number of extra file descriptors to keep in reserve beyond those that we - * tell Tor it's allowed to use. */ -#define ULIMIT_BUFFER 32 /* keep 32 extra fd's beyond ConnLimit_ */ - -/** Learn the maximum allowed number of file descriptors, and tell the - * system we want to use up to that number. (Some systems have a low soft - * limit, and let us set it higher.) We compute this by finding the largest - * number that we can use. - * - * If the limit is below the reserved file descriptor value (ULIMIT_BUFFER), - * return -1 and max_out is untouched. - * - * If we can't find a number greater than or equal to limit, then we - * fail by returning -1 and max_out is untouched. - * - * If we are unable to set the limit value because of setrlimit() failing, - * return 0 and max_out is set to the current maximum value returned - * by getrlimit(). - * - * Otherwise, return 0 and store the maximum we found inside max_out - * and set max_sockets with that value as well.*/ -int -set_max_file_descriptors(rlim_t limit, int *max_out) -{ - if (limit < ULIMIT_BUFFER) { - log_warn(LD_CONFIG, - "ConnLimit must be at least %d. Failing.", ULIMIT_BUFFER); - return -1; - } - - /* Define some maximum connections values for systems where we cannot - * automatically determine a limit. Re Cygwin, see - * http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Aug-2006/msg00210.html - * For an iPhone, 9999 should work. For Windows and all other unknown - * systems we use 15000 as the default. */ -#ifndef HAVE_GETRLIMIT -#if defined(CYGWIN) || defined(__CYGWIN__) - const char *platform = "Cygwin"; - const unsigned long MAX_CONNECTIONS = 3200; -#elif defined(_WIN32) - const char *platform = "Windows"; - const unsigned long MAX_CONNECTIONS = 15000; -#else - const char *platform = "unknown platforms with no getrlimit()"; - const unsigned long MAX_CONNECTIONS = 15000; -#endif /* defined(CYGWIN) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || ... */ - log_fn(LOG_INFO, LD_NET, - "This platform is missing getrlimit(). Proceeding."); - if (limit > MAX_CONNECTIONS) { - log_warn(LD_CONFIG, - "We do not support more than %lu file descriptors " - "on %s. Tried to raise to %lu.", - (unsigned long)MAX_CONNECTIONS, platform, (unsigned long)limit); - return -1; - } - limit = MAX_CONNECTIONS; -#else /* !(!defined(HAVE_GETRLIMIT)) */ - struct rlimit rlim; - - if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim) != 0) { - log_warn(LD_NET, "Could not get maximum number of file descriptors: %s", - strerror(errno)); - return -1; - } - if (rlim.rlim_max < limit) { - log_warn(LD_CONFIG,"We need %lu file descriptors available, and we're " - "limited to %lu. Please change your ulimit -n.", - (unsigned long)limit, (unsigned long)rlim.rlim_max); - return -1; - } - - if (rlim.rlim_max > rlim.rlim_cur) { - log_info(LD_NET,"Raising max file descriptors from %lu to %lu.", - (unsigned long)rlim.rlim_cur, (unsigned long)rlim.rlim_max); - } - /* Set the current limit value so if the attempt to set the limit to the - * max fails at least we'll have a valid value of maximum sockets. */ - *max_out = (int)rlim.rlim_cur - ULIMIT_BUFFER; - set_max_sockets(*max_out); - rlim.rlim_cur = rlim.rlim_max; - - if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim) != 0) { - int couldnt_set = 1; - const int setrlimit_errno = errno; -#ifdef OPEN_MAX - uint64_t try_limit = OPEN_MAX - ULIMIT_BUFFER; - if (errno == EINVAL && try_limit < (uint64_t) rlim.rlim_cur) { - /* On some platforms, OPEN_MAX is the real limit, and getrlimit() is - * full of nasty lies. I'm looking at you, OSX 10.5.... */ - rlim.rlim_cur = MIN((rlim_t) try_limit, rlim.rlim_cur); - if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim) == 0) { - if (rlim.rlim_cur < (rlim_t)limit) { - log_warn(LD_CONFIG, "We are limited to %lu file descriptors by " - "OPEN_MAX (%lu), and ConnLimit is %lu. Changing " - "ConnLimit; sorry.", - (unsigned long)try_limit, (unsigned long)OPEN_MAX, - (unsigned long)limit); - } else { - log_info(LD_CONFIG, "Dropped connection limit to %lu based on " - "OPEN_MAX (%lu); Apparently, %lu was too high and rlimit " - "lied to us.", - (unsigned long)try_limit, (unsigned long)OPEN_MAX, - (unsigned long)rlim.rlim_max); - } - couldnt_set = 0; - } - } -#endif /* defined(OPEN_MAX) */ - if (couldnt_set) { - log_warn(LD_CONFIG,"Couldn't set maximum number of file descriptors: %s", - strerror(setrlimit_errno)); - } - } - /* leave some overhead for logs, etc, */ - limit = rlim.rlim_cur; -#endif /* !defined(HAVE_GETRLIMIT) */ - - if (limit > INT_MAX) - limit = INT_MAX; - tor_assert(max_out); - *max_out = (int)limit - ULIMIT_BUFFER; - set_max_sockets(*max_out); - - return 0; -} - /** Hold the result of our call to uname. */ static char uname_result[256]; /** True iff uname_result is set. */ @@ -351,126 +225,6 @@ get_uname,(void)) * Process control */ -#if defined(HW_PHYSMEM64) -/* This appears to be an OpenBSD thing */ -#define INT64_HW_MEM HW_PHYSMEM64 -#elif defined(HW_MEMSIZE) -/* OSX defines this one */ -#define INT64_HW_MEM HW_MEMSIZE -#endif /* defined(HW_PHYSMEM64) || ... */ - -/** - * Helper: try to detect the total system memory, and return it. On failure, - * return 0. - */ -static uint64_t -get_total_system_memory_impl(void) -{ -#if defined(__linux__) - /* On linux, sysctl is deprecated. Because proc is so awesome that you - * shouldn't _want_ to write portable code, I guess? */ - unsigned long long result=0; - int fd = -1; - char *s = NULL; - const char *cp; - size_t file_size=0; - if (-1 == (fd = tor_open_cloexec("/proc/meminfo",O_RDONLY,0))) - return 0; - s = read_file_to_str_until_eof(fd, 65536, &file_size); - if (!s) - goto err; - cp = strstr(s, "MemTotal:"); - if (!cp) - goto err; - /* Use the system sscanf so that space will match a wider number of space */ - if (sscanf(cp, "MemTotal: %llu kB\n", &result) != 1) - goto err; - - close(fd); - tor_free(s); - return result * 1024; - - /* LCOV_EXCL_START Can't reach this unless proc is broken. */ - err: - tor_free(s); - close(fd); - return 0; - /* LCOV_EXCL_STOP */ -#elif defined (_WIN32) - /* Windows has MEMORYSTATUSEX; pretty straightforward. */ - MEMORYSTATUSEX ms; - memset(&ms, 0, sizeof(ms)); - ms.dwLength = sizeof(ms); - if (! GlobalMemoryStatusEx(&ms)) - return 0; - - return ms.ullTotalPhys; - -#elif defined(HAVE_SYSCTL) && defined(INT64_HW_MEM) - /* On many systems, HW_PYHSMEM is clipped to 32 bits; let's use a better - * variant if we know about it. */ - uint64_t memsize = 0; - size_t len = sizeof(memsize); - int mib[2] = {CTL_HW, INT64_HW_MEM}; - if (sysctl(mib,2,&memsize,&len,NULL,0)) - return 0; - - return memsize; - -#elif defined(HAVE_SYSCTL) && defined(HW_PHYSMEM) - /* On some systems (like FreeBSD I hope) you can use a size_t with - * HW_PHYSMEM. */ - size_t memsize=0; - size_t len = sizeof(memsize); - int mib[2] = {CTL_HW, HW_USERMEM}; - if (sysctl(mib,2,&memsize,&len,NULL,0)) - return 0; - - return memsize; - -#else - /* I have no clue. */ - return 0; -#endif /* defined(__linux__) || ... */ -} - -/** - * Try to find out how much physical memory the system has. On success, - * return 0 and set *mem_out to that value. On failure, return -1. - */ -MOCK_IMPL(int, -get_total_system_memory, (size_t *mem_out)) -{ - static size_t mem_cached=0; - uint64_t m = get_total_system_memory_impl(); - if (0 == m) { - /* LCOV_EXCL_START -- can't make this happen without mocking. */ - /* We couldn't find our memory total */ - if (0 == mem_cached) { - /* We have no cached value either */ - *mem_out = 0; - return -1; - } - - *mem_out = mem_cached; - return 0; - /* LCOV_EXCL_STOP */ - } - -#if SIZE_MAX != UINT64_MAX - if (m > SIZE_MAX) { - /* I think this could happen if we're a 32-bit Tor running on a 64-bit - * system: we could have more system memory than would fit in a - * size_t. */ - m = SIZE_MAX; - } -#endif /* SIZE_MAX != UINT64_MAX */ - - *mem_out = mem_cached = (size_t) m; - - return 0; -} - /** Emit the password prompt prompt, then read up to buflen * bytes of passphrase into output. Return the number of bytes in * the passphrase, excluding terminating NUL. diff --git a/src/common/compat.h b/src/common/compat.h index ec4df1cc55..85e760d049 100644 --- a/src/common/compat.h +++ b/src/common/compat.h @@ -87,12 +87,6 @@ typedef enum { /* ===== OS compatibility */ MOCK_DECL(const char *, get_uname, (void)); -#if !defined(HAVE_RLIM_T) -typedef unsigned long rlim_t; -#endif -int set_max_file_descriptors(rlim_t limit, int *max); -MOCK_DECL(int, get_total_system_memory, (size_t *mem_out)); - ssize_t tor_getpass(const char *prompt, char *output, size_t buflen); /* This needs some of the declarations above so we include it here. */ diff --git a/src/common/util.c b/src/common/util.c index 135af77c68..5d1d91153c 100644 --- a/src/common/util.c +++ b/src/common/util.c @@ -99,30 +99,6 @@ /* ===== * Memory management * ===== */ - -DISABLE_GCC_WARNING(aggregate-return) -/** Call the platform malloc info function, and dump the results to the log at - * level severity. If no such function exists, do nothing. */ -void -tor_log_mallinfo(int severity) -{ -#ifdef HAVE_MALLINFO - struct mallinfo mi; - memset(&mi, 0, sizeof(mi)); - mi = mallinfo(); - tor_log(severity, LD_MM, - "mallinfo() said: arena=%d, ordblks=%d, smblks=%d, hblks=%d, " - "hblkhd=%d, usmblks=%d, fsmblks=%d, uordblks=%d, fordblks=%d, " - "keepcost=%d", - mi.arena, mi.ordblks, mi.smblks, mi.hblks, - mi.hblkhd, mi.usmblks, mi.fsmblks, mi.uordblks, mi.fordblks, - mi.keepcost); -#else /* !(defined(HAVE_MALLINFO)) */ - (void)severity; -#endif /* defined(HAVE_MALLINFO) */ -} -ENABLE_GCC_WARNING(aggregate-return) - /* ===== * Math * ===== */ diff --git a/src/common/util.h b/src/common/util.h index ffd958c42c..566d16d0aa 100644 --- a/src/common/util.h +++ b/src/common/util.h @@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ #include "lib/encoding/cstring.h" #include "lib/fs/winlib.h" -void tor_log_mallinfo(int severity); - /** Macro: yield a pointer to an enclosing structure given a pointer to * a substructure at offset off. Example: *
diff --git a/src/include.am b/src/include.am
index ba5421e093..703aab17ed 100644
--- a/src/include.am
+++ b/src/include.am
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ include src/lib/lock/include.am
 include src/lib/log/include.am
 include src/lib/math/include.am
 include src/lib/memarea/include.am
+include src/lib/meminfo/include.am
 include src/lib/malloc/include.am
 include src/lib/net/include.am
 include src/lib/process/include.am
diff --git a/src/lib/meminfo/.may_include b/src/lib/meminfo/.may_include
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e4d25fd6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/meminfo/.may_include
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+orconfig.h
+
+lib/cc/*.h
+lib/fs/*.h
+lib/log/*.h
+lib/malloc/*.h
+lib/meminfo/*.h
+lib/testsupport/*.h
diff --git a/src/lib/meminfo/include.am b/src/lib/meminfo/include.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1fdde6313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/meminfo/include.am
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+noinst_LIBRARIES += src/lib/libtor-meminfo.a
+
+if UNITTESTS_ENABLED
+noinst_LIBRARIES += src/lib/libtor-meminfo-testing.a
+endif
+
+src_lib_libtor_meminfo_a_SOURCES =			\
+	src/lib/meminfo/meminfo.c
+
+src_lib_libtor_meminfo_testing_a_SOURCES = \
+	$(src_lib_libtor_meminfo_a_SOURCES)
+src_lib_libtor_meminfo_testing_a_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(TEST_CPPFLAGS)
+src_lib_libtor_meminfo_testing_a_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(TEST_CFLAGS)
+
+noinst_HEADERS +=					\
+	src/lib/meminfo/meminfo.h
diff --git a/src/lib/meminfo/meminfo.c b/src/lib/meminfo/meminfo.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34b4ad3b5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/meminfo/meminfo.c
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2003-2004, Roger Dingledine
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2018, The Tor Project, Inc. */
+/* See LICENSE for licensing information */
+
+#include "lib/meminfo/meminfo.h"
+
+#include "lib/cc/compat_compiler.h"
+#include "lib/cc/torint.h"
+#include "lib/fs/files.h"
+#include "lib/log/torlog.h"
+#include "lib/malloc/util_malloc.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SYSCTL_H
+#include 
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_FCNTL_H
+#include 
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_H
+#include 
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
+#include 
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include 
+#endif
+#include 
+
+DISABLE_GCC_WARNING(aggregate-return)
+/** Call the platform malloc info function, and dump the results to the log at
+ * level severity.  If no such function exists, do nothing. */
+void
+tor_log_mallinfo(int severity)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_MALLINFO
+  struct mallinfo mi;
+  memset(&mi, 0, sizeof(mi));
+  mi = mallinfo();
+  tor_log(severity, LD_MM,
+      "mallinfo() said: arena=%d, ordblks=%d, smblks=%d, hblks=%d, "
+      "hblkhd=%d, usmblks=%d, fsmblks=%d, uordblks=%d, fordblks=%d, "
+      "keepcost=%d",
+      mi.arena, mi.ordblks, mi.smblks, mi.hblks,
+      mi.hblkhd, mi.usmblks, mi.fsmblks, mi.uordblks, mi.fordblks,
+      mi.keepcost);
+#else /* !(defined(HAVE_MALLINFO)) */
+  (void)severity;
+#endif /* defined(HAVE_MALLINFO) */
+}
+ENABLE_GCC_WARNING(aggregate-return)
+
+#if defined(HW_PHYSMEM64)
+/* This appears to be an OpenBSD thing */
+#define INT64_HW_MEM HW_PHYSMEM64
+#elif defined(HW_MEMSIZE)
+/* OSX defines this one */
+#define INT64_HW_MEM HW_MEMSIZE
+#endif /* defined(HW_PHYSMEM64) || ... */
+
+/**
+ * Helper: try to detect the total system memory, and return it. On failure,
+ * return 0.
+ */
+static uint64_t
+get_total_system_memory_impl(void)
+{
+#if defined(__linux__)
+  /* On linux, sysctl is deprecated. Because proc is so awesome that you
+   * shouldn't _want_ to write portable code, I guess? */
+  unsigned long long result=0;
+  int fd = -1;
+  char *s = NULL;
+  const char *cp;
+  size_t file_size=0;
+  if (-1 == (fd = tor_open_cloexec("/proc/meminfo",O_RDONLY,0)))
+    return 0;
+  s = read_file_to_str_until_eof(fd, 65536, &file_size);
+  if (!s)
+    goto err;
+  cp = strstr(s, "MemTotal:");
+  if (!cp)
+    goto err;
+  /* Use the system sscanf so that space will match a wider number of space */
+  if (sscanf(cp, "MemTotal: %llu kB\n", &result) != 1)
+    goto err;
+
+  close(fd);
+  tor_free(s);
+  return result * 1024;
+
+  /* LCOV_EXCL_START Can't reach this unless proc is broken. */
+ err:
+  tor_free(s);
+  close(fd);
+  return 0;
+  /* LCOV_EXCL_STOP */
+#elif defined (_WIN32)
+  /* Windows has MEMORYSTATUSEX; pretty straightforward. */
+  MEMORYSTATUSEX ms;
+  memset(&ms, 0, sizeof(ms));
+  ms.dwLength = sizeof(ms);
+  if (! GlobalMemoryStatusEx(&ms))
+    return 0;
+
+  return ms.ullTotalPhys;
+
+#elif defined(HAVE_SYSCTL) && defined(INT64_HW_MEM)
+  /* On many systems, HW_PYHSMEM is clipped to 32 bits; let's use a better
+   * variant if we know about it. */
+  uint64_t memsize = 0;
+  size_t len = sizeof(memsize);
+  int mib[2] = {CTL_HW, INT64_HW_MEM};
+  if (sysctl(mib,2,&memsize,&len,NULL,0))
+    return 0;
+
+  return memsize;
+
+#elif defined(HAVE_SYSCTL) && defined(HW_PHYSMEM)
+  /* On some systems (like FreeBSD I hope) you can use a size_t with
+   * HW_PHYSMEM. */
+  size_t memsize=0;
+  size_t len = sizeof(memsize);
+  int mib[2] = {CTL_HW, HW_USERMEM};
+  if (sysctl(mib,2,&memsize,&len,NULL,0))
+    return 0;
+
+  return memsize;
+
+#else
+  /* I have no clue. */
+  return 0;
+#endif /* defined(__linux__) || ... */
+}
+
+/**
+ * Try to find out how much physical memory the system has. On success,
+ * return 0 and set *mem_out to that value. On failure, return -1.
+ */
+MOCK_IMPL(int,
+get_total_system_memory, (size_t *mem_out))
+{
+  static size_t mem_cached=0;
+  uint64_t m = get_total_system_memory_impl();
+  if (0 == m) {
+    /* LCOV_EXCL_START -- can't make this happen without mocking. */
+    /* We couldn't find our memory total */
+    if (0 == mem_cached) {
+      /* We have no cached value either */
+      *mem_out = 0;
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+    *mem_out = mem_cached;
+    return 0;
+    /* LCOV_EXCL_STOP */
+  }
+
+#if SIZE_MAX != UINT64_MAX
+  if (m > SIZE_MAX) {
+    /* I think this could happen if we're a 32-bit Tor running on a 64-bit
+     * system: we could have more system memory than would fit in a
+     * size_t. */
+    m = SIZE_MAX;
+  }
+#endif /* SIZE_MAX != UINT64_MAX */
+
+  *mem_out = mem_cached = (size_t) m;
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/meminfo/meminfo.h b/src/lib/meminfo/meminfo.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a970e992f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/meminfo/meminfo.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2003-2004, Roger Dingledine
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2018, The Tor Project, Inc. */
+/* See LICENSE for licensing information */
+
+#ifndef TOR_MEMINFO_H
+#define TOR_MEMINFO_H
+
+#include "lib/testsupport/testsupport.h"
+#include 
+
+void tor_log_mallinfo(int severity);
+MOCK_DECL(int, get_total_system_memory, (size_t *mem_out));
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/lib/process/.may_include b/src/lib/process/.may_include
index b195fb0056..c02e7fddb2 100644
--- a/src/lib/process/.may_include
+++ b/src/lib/process/.may_include
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ lib/err/*.h
 lib/fs/*.h
 lib/log/*.h
 lib/malloc/*.h
+lib/net/*.h
 lib/process/*.h
 lib/string/*.h
 lib/testsupport/*.h
diff --git a/src/lib/process/restrict.c b/src/lib/process/restrict.c
index 85c04efbbf..bb44cc3d15 100644
--- a/src/lib/process/restrict.c
+++ b/src/lib/process/restrict.c
@@ -5,7 +5,17 @@
 
 #include "orconfig.h"
 #include "lib/process/restrict.h"
+#include "lib/intmath/cmp.h"
 #include "lib/log/torlog.h"
+#include "lib/log/util_bug.h"
+#include "lib/net/socket.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_MMAN_H
+#include 
+#endif
+#include 
+#include 
+#include 
 
 /* We only use the linux prctl for now. There is no Win32 support; this may
  * also work on various BSD systems and Mac OS X - send testing feedback!
@@ -142,3 +152,129 @@ tor_mlockall(void)
   return -1;
 #endif /* defined(HAVE_UNIX_MLOCKALL) */
 }
+
+/** Number of extra file descriptors to keep in reserve beyond those that we
+ * tell Tor it's allowed to use. */
+#define ULIMIT_BUFFER 32 /* keep 32 extra fd's beyond ConnLimit_ */
+
+/** Learn the maximum allowed number of file descriptors, and tell the
+ * system we want to use up to that number. (Some systems have a low soft
+ * limit, and let us set it higher.)  We compute this by finding the largest
+ * number that we can use.
+ *
+ * If the limit is below the reserved file descriptor value (ULIMIT_BUFFER),
+ * return -1 and max_out is untouched.
+ *
+ * If we can't find a number greater than or equal to limit, then we
+ * fail by returning -1 and max_out is untouched.
+ *
+ * If we are unable to set the limit value because of setrlimit() failing,
+ * return 0 and max_out is set to the current maximum value returned
+ * by getrlimit().
+ *
+ * Otherwise, return 0 and store the maximum we found inside max_out
+ * and set max_sockets with that value as well.*/
+int
+set_max_file_descriptors(rlim_t limit, int *max_out)
+{
+  if (limit < ULIMIT_BUFFER) {
+    log_warn(LD_CONFIG,
+             "ConnLimit must be at least %d. Failing.", ULIMIT_BUFFER);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  /* Define some maximum connections values for systems where we cannot
+   * automatically determine a limit. Re Cygwin, see
+   * http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Aug-2006/msg00210.html
+   * For an iPhone, 9999 should work. For Windows and all other unknown
+   * systems we use 15000 as the default. */
+#ifndef HAVE_GETRLIMIT
+#if defined(CYGWIN) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+  const char *platform = "Cygwin";
+  const unsigned long MAX_CONNECTIONS = 3200;
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+  const char *platform = "Windows";
+  const unsigned long MAX_CONNECTIONS = 15000;
+#else
+  const char *platform = "unknown platforms with no getrlimit()";
+  const unsigned long MAX_CONNECTIONS = 15000;
+#endif /* defined(CYGWIN) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || ... */
+  log_fn(LOG_INFO, LD_NET,
+         "This platform is missing getrlimit(). Proceeding.");
+  if (limit > MAX_CONNECTIONS) {
+    log_warn(LD_CONFIG,
+             "We do not support more than %lu file descriptors "
+             "on %s. Tried to raise to %lu.",
+             (unsigned long)MAX_CONNECTIONS, platform, (unsigned long)limit);
+    return -1;
+  }
+  limit = MAX_CONNECTIONS;
+#else /* !(!defined(HAVE_GETRLIMIT)) */
+  struct rlimit rlim;
+
+  if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim) != 0) {
+    log_warn(LD_NET, "Could not get maximum number of file descriptors: %s",
+             strerror(errno));
+    return -1;
+  }
+  if (rlim.rlim_max < limit) {
+    log_warn(LD_CONFIG,"We need %lu file descriptors available, and we're "
+             "limited to %lu. Please change your ulimit -n.",
+             (unsigned long)limit, (unsigned long)rlim.rlim_max);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (rlim.rlim_max > rlim.rlim_cur) {
+    log_info(LD_NET,"Raising max file descriptors from %lu to %lu.",
+             (unsigned long)rlim.rlim_cur, (unsigned long)rlim.rlim_max);
+  }
+  /* Set the current limit value so if the attempt to set the limit to the
+   * max fails at least we'll have a valid value of maximum sockets. */
+  *max_out = (int)rlim.rlim_cur - ULIMIT_BUFFER;
+  set_max_sockets(*max_out);
+  rlim.rlim_cur = rlim.rlim_max;
+
+  if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim) != 0) {
+    int couldnt_set = 1;
+    const int setrlimit_errno = errno;
+#ifdef OPEN_MAX
+    uint64_t try_limit = OPEN_MAX - ULIMIT_BUFFER;
+    if (errno == EINVAL && try_limit < (uint64_t) rlim.rlim_cur) {
+      /* On some platforms, OPEN_MAX is the real limit, and getrlimit() is
+       * full of nasty lies.  I'm looking at you, OSX 10.5.... */
+      rlim.rlim_cur = MIN((rlim_t) try_limit, rlim.rlim_cur);
+      if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim) == 0) {
+        if (rlim.rlim_cur < (rlim_t)limit) {
+          log_warn(LD_CONFIG, "We are limited to %lu file descriptors by "
+                   "OPEN_MAX (%lu), and ConnLimit is %lu.  Changing "
+                   "ConnLimit; sorry.",
+                   (unsigned long)try_limit, (unsigned long)OPEN_MAX,
+                   (unsigned long)limit);
+        } else {
+          log_info(LD_CONFIG, "Dropped connection limit to %lu based on "
+                   "OPEN_MAX (%lu); Apparently, %lu was too high and rlimit "
+                   "lied to us.",
+                   (unsigned long)try_limit, (unsigned long)OPEN_MAX,
+                   (unsigned long)rlim.rlim_max);
+        }
+        couldnt_set = 0;
+      }
+    }
+#endif /* defined(OPEN_MAX) */
+    if (couldnt_set) {
+      log_warn(LD_CONFIG,"Couldn't set maximum number of file descriptors: %s",
+               strerror(setrlimit_errno));
+    }
+  }
+  /* leave some overhead for logs, etc, */
+  limit = rlim.rlim_cur;
+#endif /* !defined(HAVE_GETRLIMIT) */
+
+  if (limit > INT_MAX)
+    limit = INT_MAX;
+  tor_assert(max_out);
+  *max_out = (int)limit - ULIMIT_BUFFER;
+  set_max_sockets(*max_out);
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/process/restrict.h b/src/lib/process/restrict.h
index d608c9c9bd..c7f76f8233 100644
--- a/src/lib/process/restrict.h
+++ b/src/lib/process/restrict.h
@@ -11,7 +11,17 @@
 #ifndef TOR_RESTRICT_H
 #define TOR_RESTRICT_H
 
+#include "orconfig.h"
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
+#include 
+#endif
+
 int tor_disable_debugger_attach(void);
 int tor_mlockall(void);
 
+#if !defined(HAVE_RLIM_T)
+typedef unsigned long rlim_t;
+#endif
+int set_max_file_descriptors(rlim_t limit, int *max_out);
+
 #endif /* !defined(TOR_RESTRICT_H) */
diff --git a/src/or/config.c b/src/or/config.c
index 55dd1d7f83..b98f124a83 100644
--- a/src/or/config.c
+++ b/src/or/config.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
 #include 
 #endif
 
+#include "lib/meminfo/meminfo.h"
 #include "lib/process/daemon.h"
 #include "lib/process/pidfile.h"
 #include "lib/process/restrict.h"
diff --git a/src/or/main.c b/src/or/main.c
index 856e988cd2..53be1b1035 100644
--- a/src/or/main.c
+++ b/src/or/main.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
 #include "lib/process/waitpid.h"
 #include "or/ext_orport.h"
 #include "lib/memarea/memarea.h"
+#include "lib/meminfo/meminfo.h"
 #include "lib/sandbox/sandbox.h"
 #include "lib/fs/lockfile.h"
 #include "lib/net/buffers_net.h"
diff --git a/src/test/test_config.c b/src/test/test_config.c
index 0fadb6ebcb..1138989826 100644
--- a/src/test/test_config.c
+++ b/src/test/test_config.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include "or/routerinfo_st.h"
 
 #include "lib/fs/conffile.h"
+#include "lib/meminfo/meminfo.h"
 #include "lib/net/gethostname.h"
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/test/test_util.c b/src/test/test_util.c
index 539782e93b..49c8ce3594 100644
--- a/src/test/test_util.c
+++ b/src/test/test_util.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "lib/thread/numcpus.h"
 #include "lib/math/fp.h"
 #include "lib/math/laplace.h"
+#include "lib/meminfo/meminfo.h"
 #include "lib/time/tvdiff.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PWD_H