[Backport 5.4] scylla_io_setup: ensure correct RLIMIT_NOFILE for iotune #18655
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The default limit of open file descriptors
per process may be too small for iotune on
certain machines with large number of cores.
In such case iotune reports failure due to
unability to create files or to set up seastar
framework.
This change configures the limit of open file
descriptors before running iotune to ensure
that the failure does not occur.
The limit is set via 'resource.setrlimit()' in
the parent process. The limit is then inherited
by the child process.
(cherry picked from commit 0be690d)
Refs #18546