Re: [Patch] ipc: HARD_MSGMAX should be higher not lower on 64bit

[Serge E. Hallyn]

Quoting Américo Wang (xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx):
> 
> (Hi, I am the same person.)
> 
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 08:44:33AM -0600, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> >Quoting Amerigo Wang (amwang@xxxxxxxxxx):
> >> It looks weird that we have HARD_MSGMAX lower on 64bit than on 32bit,
> >> since usually 64bit machines have more memory than 32bit machines.
> >
> >It does look like this may have been an accident.
> >
> 
> OK.
> 
> >> Making it higher on 64bit seems reasonable, and keep the original
> >> number on 32bit.
> >> 
> >> Cc: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Cedric Le Goater <clg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> 
> >> ---
> >> diff --git a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
> >> index e408722..07baa38 100644
> >> --- a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
> >> +++ b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
> >> @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ extern int mq_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns);
> >>  /* default values */
> >>  #define DFLT_QUEUESMAX 256     /* max number of message queues */
> >>  #define DFLT_MSGMAX    10      /* max number of messages in each queue */
> >> -#define HARD_MSGMAX    (131072/sizeof(void *))
> >> +#define HARD_MSGMAX    (32768*sizeof(void *)/4)
> >
> >why /4 ?  You're now making it much smaller for 32-bit than it
> >used to be?
> >
> 
> Yes?
> 
> Before this patch, it is 131072/sizeof(void*) = 32768;
> after this patch, it is 32768*sizeof(void*)/4 = 32768 too.
> Both on 32bit, of course.
> 
> Am I missing something?

Haha, nope.

Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxx>

thanks,
-serge
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