Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 13:24:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 13:24:00 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust42.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.42]:19642 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 13:23:22 -0400 Subject: Re: [BK PATCH 1/4] fix NGROUPS hard limit (resend) From: Alan Cox To: Tim Hockin Cc: Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <3DB58A47.4020404@sun.com> References: <200210220036.g9M0aP831358@scl2.sfbay.sun.com> <1035280294.31917.19.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> <3DB58A47.4020404@sun.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10) Date: 22 Oct 2002 18:45:40 +0100 Message-Id: <1035308740.31873.107.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 543 Lines: 14 On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 18:26, Tim Hockin wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > > Ok sanity check time. Why do you need qsort and bsearch for this kind of > > thing. Just how many groups do you plan to support ? > > Unlimited - we've tested with tens of thousands. Now how about the real world requirements ? - 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/