Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 21 Mar 2002 20:05:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 21 Mar 2002 20:05:49 -0500 Received: from relay.softcomca.com ([168.144.1.68]:32786 "EHLO relay2.softcomca.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Thu, 21 Mar 2002 20:05:40 -0500 X-Originating-IP: 4.20.162.6 X-URL: http://www.mail2web.com/ Subject: max number of threads on a system From: "joeja@mindspring.com" Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 20:05:39 -0500 To: "linux-kernel@vger.redhat.com" Reply-To: joeja@mindspring.com X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: JMail 3.7.0 by Dimac (www.dimac.net) Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Mar 2002 01:05:48.0203 (UTC) FILETIME=[B3C077B0:01C1D13D] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org What limits the number of threads one can have on a Linux system? I have a simple program that creates an array of threads and it locks up at the creation of somewhere between 250 and 275 threads. The program just hangs indefinately unless a Control-C is hit. How can I increase this number or can I? Thanks, Joe -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . - 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/