The comment explaining what value max_threads is set to is outdated. The maximum memory consumption ratio for thread structures was 1/2 until February 2002, then it was briefly changed to 1/16 before being set to 1/8 which we still use today. The comment was never updated to reflect that change, it's about time.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <[email protected]> Cc: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> --- kernel/fork.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- linux-4.0-rc1.orig/kernel/fork.c 2015-02-23 03:21:14.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-4.0-rc1/kernel/fork.c 2015-03-02 10:48:45.407215590 +0100 @@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ void __init fork_init(unsigned long memp /* * The default maximum number of threads is set to a safe - * value: the thread structures can take up at most half - * of memory. + * value: the thread structures can take up at most one + * eighth of the memory. */ max_threads = mempages / (8 * THREAD_SIZE / PAGE_SIZE); -- Jean Delvare SUSE L3 Support -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
