set MAX_OS_WRITE on unix (#54233)

Fixes #54225 (cherry picked from commit b35d308)
JuliaLang · May 25, 2024 · c7e28df · c7e28df
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diff --git a/base/stream.jl b/base/stream.jl
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ const DEFAULT_READ_BUFFER_SZ = 10485760 # 10 MB
 if Sys.iswindows()
     const MAX_OS_WRITE = UInt(0x1FF0_0000) # 511 MB (determined semi-empirically, limited to 31 MB on XP)
 else
-    const MAX_OS_WRITE = UInt(typemax(Csize_t))
+    const MAX_OS_WRITE = UInt(0x7FFF_0000) # almost 2 GB (both macOS and linux have this kernel restriction, although only macOS documents it)
 end