* [PATCH] fork_init: Update max_threads comment
@ 2015-03-02 10:01 Jean Delvare
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From: Jean Delvare @ 2015-03-02 10:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: LKML; +Cc: Andrew Morton
The comment explaining what value max_threads is set to is outdated.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 <jdelvare@suse.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
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
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