[libcxx-commits] [libcxx] [libc++][AIX] Fix force_thread_creation_failure by using RLIMIT_THREADS (PR #188787)

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https://github.com/Himadhith updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/188787

>From 33a2d89008ba12472f9ebd52ca6fe4ba0079e32f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: himadhith <himadhith.v at ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:01:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [libc++][AIX] Fix force_thread_creation_failure by using
 RLIMIT_THREADS

---
 .../futures/futures.async/thread_create_failure.pass.cpp | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libcxx/test/std/thread/futures/futures.async/thread_create_failure.pass.cpp b/libcxx/test/std/thread/futures/futures.async/thread_create_failure.pass.cpp
index 70009589e985b..ebc121984d061 100644
--- a/libcxx/test/std/thread/futures/futures.async/thread_create_failure.pass.cpp
+++ b/libcxx/test/std/thread/futures/futures.async/thread_create_failure.pass.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 // UNSUPPORTED: windows
 
 // AIX, macOS and FreeBSD seem to limit the number of processes, not threads via RLIMIT_NPROC
-// XFAIL: target={{.+}}-aix{{.*}}
+// But there is RLIMIT_THREADS in AIX which can be used here to limit the threads.
 // XFAIL: target={{.+}}-apple-{{.*}}
 // XFAIL: freebsd
 
@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@
 
 #if __has_include(<sys/resource.h>)
 #  include <sys/resource.h>
-#  ifdef RLIMIT_NPROC
+#  if defined(_AIX) && defined(RLIMIT_THREADS)
+void force_thread_creation_failure() {
+  rlimit lim = {1, 1};
+  assert(setrlimit(RLIMIT_THREADS, &lim) == 0);
+}
+#  elif RLIMIT_NPROC
 void force_thread_creation_failure() {
   rlimit lim = {1, 1};
   assert(setrlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC, &lim) == 0);

>From 938e09a5b3283cd30fa0bbc1f1ae81abef6e19e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: himadhith <himadhith.v at ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:39:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Adding defined to RLIMIT_NPROC

---
 .../thread/futures/futures.async/thread_create_failure.pass.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/libcxx/test/std/thread/futures/futures.async/thread_create_failure.pass.cpp b/libcxx/test/std/thread/futures/futures.async/thread_create_failure.pass.cpp
index ebc121984d061..91b15e9361c20 100644
--- a/libcxx/test/std/thread/futures/futures.async/thread_create_failure.pass.cpp
+++ b/libcxx/test/std/thread/futures/futures.async/thread_create_failure.pass.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ void force_thread_creation_failure() {
   rlimit lim = {1, 1};
   assert(setrlimit(RLIMIT_THREADS, &lim) == 0);
 }
-#  elif RLIMIT_NPROC
+#  elif defined(RLIMIT_NPROC)
 void force_thread_creation_failure() {
   rlimit lim = {1, 1};
   assert(setrlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC, &lim) == 0);