Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030425AbWHOSMo (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:12:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030431AbWHOSMo (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:12:44 -0400 Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:62397 "EHLO hera.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030425AbWHOSMn (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:12:43 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: Maximum number of processes in Linux Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:12:12 -0700 Organization: OSDL Message-ID: <20060815111212.2998b318@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> References: <3420082f0608151059s40373a0bg4a1af3618c2b1a05@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: build.pdx.osdl.net 1155665532 7620 10.8.0.74 (15 Aug 2006 18:12:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@osdl.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:12:12 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Sylpheed-Claws 2.4.0 (GTK+ 2.8.20; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 614 Lines: 16 On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:59:37 +0500 "Irfan Habib" wrote: > Hi, > > What is the maximum number of process which can run simultaneously in > linux? I need to create an application which requires 40,000 threads. > I was testing with far fewer numbers than that, I was getting > exceptions in pthread_create What kernel version, and glibc version? - 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/