Why nginx just use 511 for listen backlog

Server NGINX
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I found that :

#define NGX_LISTEN_BACKLOG 511

and use it as the backlog of listen()

ls.backlog = NGX_LISTEN_BACKLOG;
if (listen(s, ls.backlog) == -1) {

Does it mean that only 511 connection could be accept at the same time
?
May I modify it to 1024 or higher( I am sure use it less than
SOMAXCONN )

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On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 11:32:32AM -0400, zhijianpeng wrote:

I found that :

#define NGX_LISTEN_BACKLOG 511

and use it as the backlog of listen()

ls.backlog = NGX_LISTEN_BACKLOG;
if (listen(s, ls.backlog) == -1) {

Does it mean that only 511 connection could be accept at the same time ?

No, it means that up to 511 connections can be queued in kernel listen
queue. 511 is just a safe limit for the most OSes. For FreeBSD it’s -1,
i.e., value of sysctl kern.ipc.somaxconn.

May I modify it to 1024 or higher( I am sure use it less than SOMAXCONN )

 listen  80  default  backlog=1024;