--- 2.4.9aa1/fs/select.c.~1~	Thu Aug 16 22:03:38 2001
+++ 2.4.9aa1/fs/select.c	Fri Aug 17 06:17:55 2001
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@
 	int nchunks, nleft;
 
 	/* Do a sanity check on nfds ... */
-	if (nfds > NR_OPEN)
+	if (nfds >= current->rlim[RLIMIT_NOFILE].rlim_cur)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (timeout) {