Move the versionstring code out of app.homeserver into util

synapse/util/rlimit.py

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import resource
+import logging
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("synapse.app.homeserver")
+
+
+def change_resource_limit(soft_file_no):
+    try:
+        soft, hard = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE)
+
+        if not soft_file_no:
+            soft_file_no = hard
+
+        resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE, (soft_file_no, hard))
+        logger.info("Set file limit to: %d", soft_file_no)
+
+        resource.setrlimit(
+            resource.RLIMIT_CORE, (resource.RLIM_INFINITY, resource.RLIM_INFINITY)
+        )
+    except (ValueError, resource.error) as e:
+        logger.warn("Failed to set file or core limit: %s", e)