Set default max ports on win32 to 8192

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
index bd03fb4970..bb81330fec 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
@@ -665,6 +665,8 @@
 	than <c>65536</c>, the chosen value will increased to a value
 	larger or equal to the maximum amount of file descriptors that
 	can be opened.</p>
+	<p>On Windows the default value is set to <c>8196</c> because the 
+	normal OS limitations are set higher than most machines can handle.</p>
 	<p>Previously the environment variable <c>ERL_MAX_PORTS</c> was used
 	for setting the maximum number of simultaneously existing ports. This
 	environment variable is deprecated, and scheduled for removal in
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_port.h b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_port.h
index 4052f4dbe8..377aa72ed5 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_port.h
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_port.h
@@ -31,7 +31,18 @@ typedef struct ErtsProc2PortSigData_ ErtsProc2PortSigData;
 #include "erl_thr_progress.h"
 #include "erl_trace.h"
 
+#ifndef __WIN32__
 #define ERTS_DEFAULT_MAX_PORTS (1 << 16)
+#else
+/* 
+ *  Do not default to as many max ports on Windows
+ *  as there are no os limits to stop system
+ *  from running amok. If allowed to go too high
+ *  windows rarely recovers from the errors and
+ *  other OS processes can be effected. 
+ */
+#define ERTS_DEFAULT_MAX_PORTS (1 << 13)
+#endif /* __WIN32__ */
 #define ERTS_MIN_PORTS 1024
 
 extern int erts_port_synchronous_ops;