Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:46:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:46:00 -0500 Received: from adsl-64-166-241-227.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net ([64.166.241.227]:30986 "EHLO www.hockin.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:45:51 -0500 From: Tim Hockin Message-Id: <200111151623.fAFGN0o03243@www.hockin.org> Subject: Re: 32 Groups Maximum in 2.4 To: reynolds@redhat.com (Tommy Reynolds) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 08:22:59 -0800 (PST) Cc: jackie.m@vt.edu (Jackie Meese), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20011115094116.290282cc.reynolds@redhat.com> from "Tommy Reynolds" at Nov 15, 2001 09:41:16 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] MIME-Version: 1.0 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 > > I've been looking for some time on how to raise the maximum number of > > groups for the 2.4 kernel. I've discovered how to do this kernel, with > > a discussion a few months ago on this > > list.http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2001-13/0807.html > > Look at the file "include/asm-/param.h to find the symbol "NGROUPS". > Change that to whatever value you like. We have a patch that we haven't submitted yet (out of mostlyt cowardice) that makes this fully dynamic. task->groups is dynamically allocated and handled, and can grow up to a sysctl() defined maximum. It has been working wonderfully for 10,000+ groups. Does this patch have a chance in hell of going standard?? (don't have the patch on hand, or I'd post it). - 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/