alistair23-linux/kernel
Hedi Berriche 72680a191b pids: increase pid_max based on num_possible_cpus
On a system with a substantial number of processors, the early default
pid_max of 32k will not be enough.  A system with 1664 CPU's, there are
25163 processes started before the login prompt.  It's estimated that with
2048 CPU's we will pass the 32k limit.  With 4096, we'll reach that limit
very early during the boot cycle, and processes would stall waiting for an
available pid.

This patch increases the early maximum number of pids available, and
increases the minimum number of pids that can be set during runtime.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix warnings]
Signed-off-by: Hedi Berriche <hedi@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: John Stoffel <john@stoffel.org>
Cc: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-05-27 09:12:51 -07:00
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debug x86, kgdb, init: Add early and late debug states 2010-05-20 21:04:29 -05:00
gcov
irq genirq: Clear CPU mask in affinity_hint when none is provided 2010-05-12 11:23:34 +02:00
power PM / Hibernate: Fix block_io.c printk warning 2010-05-10 23:08:18 +02:00
time Merge branch 'timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-05-19 17:11:10 -07:00
trace Merge branch 'master' into for-2.6.35 2010-05-21 21:27:26 +02:00
.gitignore
acct.c Merge branch 'next' into for-linus 2010-05-18 08:57:00 +10:00
async.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
audit.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
audit.h
audit_tree.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
audit_watch.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
auditfilter.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
auditsc.c audit: preface audit printk with audit 2010-04-05 13:19:45 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c sched: Remove remaining USER_SCHED code 2010-04-02 20:12:00 +02:00
cgroup.c cgroups: make cftype.unregister_event() void-returning 2010-05-27 09:12:44 -07:00
cgroup_freezer.c Freezer / cgroup freezer: Update stale locking comments 2010-05-10 23:18:47 +02:00
compat.c cpumask: fix compat getaffinity 2010-05-19 11:48:18 -07:00
configs.c
cpu.c cpuhotplug: do not need cpu_hotplug_begin() when CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=n 2010-05-27 09:12:48 -07:00
cpuset.c cpusets: new round-robin rotor for SLAB allocations 2010-05-27 09:12:44 -07:00
cred.c umh: creds: kill subprocess_info->cred logic 2010-05-27 09:12:45 -07:00
delayacct.c
dma.c
early_res.c x86: Do not free zero sized per cpu areas 2010-03-29 18:55:40 +02:00
elfcore.c elf coredump: add extended numbering support 2010-03-06 11:26:46 -08:00
exec_domain.c
exit.c proc: turn signal_struct->count into "int nr_threads" 2010-05-27 09:12:47 -07:00
extable.c
fork.c proc: turn signal_struct->count into "int nr_threads" 2010-05-27 09:12:47 -07:00
freezer.c
futex.c futex: Handle futex value corruption gracefully 2010-02-03 15:13:22 +01:00
futex_compat.c
groups.c security: remove dead hook task_setgroups 2010-04-12 12:19:18 +10:00
hrtimer.c hrtimers: Provide schedule_hrtimeout for CLOCK_REALTIME 2010-04-06 21:50:03 +02:00
hung_task.c
hw_breakpoint.c hw_breakpoints: Fix percpu build failure 2010-05-04 08:39:36 +02:00
itimer.c
kallsyms.c kdb: core for kgdb back end (2 of 2) 2010-05-20 21:04:21 -05:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c kexec: fix OOPS in crash_kernel_shrink 2010-05-11 17:33:42 -07:00
kfifo.c kfifo: Don't use integer as NULL pointer 2010-02-16 15:11:08 -08:00
kmod.c call_usermodehelper: UMH_WAIT_EXEC ignores kernel_thread() failure 2010-05-27 09:12:45 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Move enable/disable_kprobe() out from debugfs code 2010-05-08 18:08:30 +02:00
ksysfs.c sysfs: add struct file* to bin_attr callbacks 2010-05-21 09:37:31 -07:00
kthread.c cpuset: fix the problem that cpuset_mem_spread_node() returns an offline node 2010-03-24 16:31:21 -07:00
latencytop.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
lockdep.c lockdep: Add novalidate class for dev->mutex conversion 2010-05-21 09:37:30 -07:00
lockdep_internals.h lockdep: No need to disable preemption in debug atomic ops 2010-05-04 05:38:16 +02:00
lockdep_proc.c lockstat: Make lockstat counting per cpu 2010-04-06 00:15:37 +02:00
lockdep_states.h
Makefile Move kernel/kgdb.c to kernel/debug/debug_core.c 2010-05-20 21:04:18 -05:00
module.c Revert "module: drop the lock while waiting for module to complete initialization." 2010-05-25 16:48:30 -07:00
mutex-debug.c
mutex-debug.h
mutex.c
mutex.h
notifier.c sched: Use lockdep-based checking on rcu_dereference() 2010-02-25 10:34:26 +01:00
ns_cgroup.c
nsproxy.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
padata.c kernel/: convert cpu notifier to return encapsulate errno value 2010-05-27 09:12:48 -07:00
panic.c panic: Add taint flag TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND ('I') 2010-05-19 08:37:43 +01:00
params.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-03-12 16:04:50 -08:00
perf_event.c perf: Fix exit() vs event-groups 2010-05-11 17:08:24 +02:00
pid.c pids: increase pid_max based on num_possible_cpus 2010-05-27 09:12:51 -07:00
pid_namespace.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
pm_qos_params.c PM: PM QOS update fix 2010-05-17 00:21:03 +02:00
posix-cpu-timers.c posix-cpu-timers: avoid "task->signal != NULL" checks 2010-05-27 09:12:46 -07:00
posix-timers.c posix-timers.c: Don't export local functions 2010-02-05 14:54:10 +01:00
printk.c printk,kdb: capture printk() when in kdb shell 2010-05-20 21:04:27 -05:00
profile.c kernel/: convert cpu notifier to return encapsulate errno value 2010-05-27 09:12:48 -07:00
ptrace.c ptrace: PTRACE_GETFDPIC: fix the unsafe usage of child->mm 2010-05-27 09:12:44 -07:00
range.c x86: Change range end to start+size 2010-02-10 17:47:17 -08:00
rcupdate.c rcu: slim down rcutiny by removing rcu_scheduler_active and friends 2010-05-10 11:08:34 -07:00
rcutiny.c rcu: remove all rcu head initializations, except on_stack initializations 2010-05-11 16:10:47 -07:00
rcutiny_plugin.h rcu: slim down rcutiny by removing rcu_scheduler_active and friends 2010-05-10 11:08:34 -07:00
rcutorture.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-05-18 08:27:54 -07:00
rcutree.c rcu: remove all rcu head initializations, except on_stack initializations 2010-05-11 16:10:47 -07:00
rcutree.h rcu: reduce the number of spurious RCU_SOFTIRQ invocations 2010-05-10 11:08:35 -07:00
rcutree_plugin.h rcu: remove all rcu head initializations, except on_stack initializations 2010-05-11 16:10:47 -07:00
rcutree_trace.c rcu: reduce the number of spurious RCU_SOFTIRQ invocations 2010-05-10 11:08:35 -07:00
relay.c kernel/: convert cpu notifier to return encapsulate errno value 2010-05-27 09:12:48 -07:00
res_counter.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
resource.c resource: shared I/O region support 2010-05-11 12:01:10 -07:00
rtmutex-debug.c
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c
rtmutex.c
rtmutex.h
rtmutex_common.h
rwsem.c
sched.c signals: kill the awful task_rq_unlock_wait() hack 2010-05-27 09:12:46 -07:00
sched_clock.c blkio: fix for modular blk-cgroup build 2010-04-15 08:54:59 +02:00
sched_cpupri.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
sched_cpupri.h
sched_debug.c proc_sched_show_task(): use get_nr_threads() 2010-05-27 09:12:47 -07:00
sched_fair.c sched: replace migration_thread with cpu_stop 2010-05-06 18:49:21 +02:00
sched_features.h sched: Remove ASYM_GRAN feature 2010-03-11 18:32:53 +01:00
sched_idletask.c sched: Cure load average vs NO_HZ woes 2010-04-23 11:02:02 +02:00
sched_rt.c sched: Add enqueue/dequeue flags 2010-04-02 20:12:05 +02:00
sched_stats.h
seccomp.c
semaphore.c
signal.c exit: change zap_other_threads() to count sub-threads 2010-05-27 09:12:46 -07:00
slow-work-debugfs.c
slow-work.c slow-work: use get_ref wrapper instead of directly calling get_ref 2010-03-29 09:13:30 -07:00
slow-work.h SLOW_WORK: CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_PROC should be CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_DEBUG 2010-03-29 09:14:47 -07:00
smp.c kernel/: convert cpu notifier to return encapsulate errno value 2010-05-27 09:12:48 -07:00
softirq.c kernel/: convert cpu notifier to return encapsulate errno value 2010-05-27 09:12:48 -07:00
softlockup.c softlockup: Stop spurious softlockup messages due to overflow 2010-03-21 19:30:13 +01:00
spinlock.c
srcu.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c stop_machine: Move local variable closer to the usage site in cpu_stop_cpu_callback() 2010-05-18 00:17:44 +02:00
sys.c kmod: add init function to usermodehelper 2010-05-27 09:12:44 -07:00
sys_ni.c Add generic sys_ipc wrapper 2010-03-12 15:52:32 -08:00
sysctl.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-05-25 16:59:51 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c sysctl: don't use own implementation of hex_to_bin() 2010-05-25 08:07:05 -07:00
sysctl_check.c
taskstats.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
test_kprobes.c
time.c timekeeping: Fix timezone update 2010-05-24 11:50:38 +02:00
timeconst.pl
timer.c kernel/: convert cpu notifier to return encapsulate errno value 2010-05-27 09:12:48 -07:00
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c mm: clean up mm_counter 2010-03-06 11:26:23 -08:00
uid16.c
up.c
user-return-notifier.c
user.c sched: Remove a stale comment 2010-05-10 08:48:39 +02:00
user_namespace.c kref: remove kref_set 2010-05-21 09:37:29 -07:00
utsname.c
utsname_sysctl.c
wait.c
workqueue.c kernel/: convert cpu notifier to return encapsulate errno value 2010-05-27 09:12:48 -07:00