Add CHANGES and release note for [GL #3676]

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4b7608107761ac1766830796af70a8f3fd89e2ff..0517c46551c28a663f3d6805b2acac07e51db069 100644 (file)
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+6041.  [func]          Set the RLIMIT_NOFILE to rlim_max returned from
+                       getrlimit() instead of trying to guess the maximum
+                       allowed value. [GL #3676]
+
 6040.  [bug]           Speed up the named shutdown time by explicitly
                        canceling all recursing ns_client objects for
                        each ns_clientmgr. [GL #3183]

diff --git a/doc/notes/notes-current.rst b/doc/notes/notes-current.rst
index e122ba5ff10932f4a6420ddfd0a719fc0bfc5c2e..8081eb498b3dbffcbba0f836b35aee0ae09c4e53 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/notes/notes-current.rst
+++ b/doc/notes/notes-current.rst
@@ -40,14 +40,15 @@ Feature Changes
 - The option :any:`auto-dnssec` is deprecated and will be removed in 9.19.
   Please migrate to :any:`dnssec-policy`. :gl:`#3667`
 
-- Deprecate setting the operating system limit (``coresize``, ``datasize``,
+- Remove setting the operating system limit (``coresize``, ``datasize``,
   ``files`` and ``stacksize``) from ``named.conf``.  These options should be set
   from the operating system (``ulimit``) or from the process supervisor
   (e.g. ``systemd``). :gl:`#3676`
 
-- Deprecate setting alternate local addresses for inbound zone transfers
-  (:any:`alt-transfer-source`, :any:`alt-transfer-source-v6`,
-  :any:`use-alt-transfer-source`). :gl:`#3694`
+- On startup, ``named`` will set the current number of open files to maximum
+  allowed by the operating system instead of trying to set it to unlimited
+  which worked only very briefly on Linux 2.6.28 (and was causing performance
+  problems and thus the change was reverted in the kernel). :gl:`#3676`
 
 Bug Fixes
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