Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 19:29:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 19:29:08 -0400 Received: from lsmls02.we.mediaone.net ([24.130.1.15]:34045 "EHLO lsmls02.we.mediaone.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 19:29:02 -0400 Message-ID: <3BD5FD98.1AACC12D@kegel.com> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 16:30:32 -0700 From: Dan Kegel X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.7-2 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , riel@conectiva.com.br Subject: Re: Issue with max_threads (and other resources) and highmem Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Rik wrote: > ... A sane upper limit for > max_threads would be 10000, this also keeps in mind the > fact that we only have 32000 possible PIDs, some of which > could be taken by task groups, etc... ? I thought the 2.4 kernel had switched to 32 bit pid's long ago. Where does the limit of 32000 possible PIDs come from? - Dan - 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/