Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 13:26:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 13:25:24 -0400 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:59908 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 13:24:45 -0400 Subject: PATCH: 2.5.40 sane minimum proc count To: torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 18:21:43 +0100 (BST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1055 Lines: 24 Again from UCLinux merge but relevant on its own for any embedded tiny box diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude linux.2.5.40/kernel/fork.c linux.2.5.40-ac5/kernel/fork.c --- linux.2.5.40/kernel/fork.c 2002-10-02 21:34:06.000000000 +0100 +++ linux.2.5.40-ac5/kernel/fork.c 2002-10-05 23:51:20.000000000 +0100 @@ -166,8 +166,11 @@ */ max_threads = mempages / (THREAD_SIZE/PAGE_SIZE) / 8; - init_task.rlim[RLIMIT_NPROC].rlim_cur = max_threads/2; - init_task.rlim[RLIMIT_NPROC].rlim_max = max_threads/2; + /* + * we need to allow at least 10 threads to boot a system + */ + init_task.rlim[RLIMIT_NPROC].rlim_cur = max(10, max_threads/2); + init_task.rlim[RLIMIT_NPROC].rlim_max = max(10, max_threads/2); } static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/