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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-04-17 09:04:38 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-04-17 09:04:38 -0400 |
commit | 54e514b91b95d6441c12a7955addfb9f9d2afc65 (patch) | |
tree | 8b73d901bd2a6ec5a31f34a8954e5ea92216dd6c /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | |
parent | 4fc8adcfec3da639da76e8314c9ccefe5bf9a045 (diff) | |
parent | 6c8c90319c0bb1c9e0b68e721359b89ae4f28465 (diff) |
Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge third patchbomb from Andrew Morton:
- various misc things
- a couple of lib/ optimisations
- provide DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST_ULL()
- checkpatch updates
- rtc tree
- befs, nilfs2, hfs, hfsplus, fatfs, adfs, affs, bfs
- ptrace fixes
- fork() fixes
- seccomp cleanups
- more mmap_sem hold time reductions from Davidlohr
* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (138 commits)
proc: show locks in /proc/pid/fdinfo/X
docs: add missing and new /proc/PID/status file entries, fix typos
drivers/rtc/rtc-at91rm9200.c: make IO endian agnostic
Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c: fix warning
drivers/rtc/rtc-s5m.c: allow usage on device type different than main MFD type
.gitignore: ignore *.tar
MAINTAINERS: add Mediatek SoC mailing list
tomoyo: reduce mmap_sem hold for mm->exe_file
powerpc/oprofile: reduce mmap_sem hold for exe_file
oprofile: reduce mmap_sem hold for mm->exe_file
mips: ip32: add platform data hooks to use DS1685 driver
lib/Kconfig: fix up HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE help text
x86: switch to using asm-generic for seccomp.h
sparc: switch to using asm-generic for seccomp.h
powerpc: switch to using asm-generic for seccomp.h
parisc: switch to using asm-generic for seccomp.h
mips: switch to using asm-generic for seccomp.h
microblaze: use asm-generic for seccomp.h
arm: use asm-generic for seccomp.h
seccomp: allow COMPAT sigreturn overrides
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 99d7eb3a1416..c831001c45f1 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -872,6 +872,27 @@ can be ORed together: ============================================================== +threads-max + +This value controls the maximum number of threads that can be created +using fork(). + +During initialization the kernel sets this value such that even if the +maximum number of threads is created, the thread structures occupy only +a part (1/8th) of the available RAM pages. + +The minimum value that can be written to threads-max is 20. +The maximum value that can be written to threads-max is given by the +constant FUTEX_TID_MASK (0x3fffffff). +If a value outside of this range is written to threads-max an error +EINVAL occurs. + +The value written is checked against the available RAM pages. If the +thread structures would occupy too much (more than 1/8th) of the +available RAM pages threads-max is reduced accordingly. + +============================================================== + unknown_nmi_panic: The value in this file affects behavior of handling NMI. When the |