> Having seen the 2Gig RAM option introduced in 2.3.6, I found it was time
> to make NR_TASKS a config option as well. Due to lack of better suited
> places (Kernel tuning?) I chose to put it into Kernel hacking. Obvious
> patch follows. [Patch relative to 2.3.6 but applies to 2.2.9 as well with
> a little fuzz.]
... FYI, i have a patch in the queue that makes nr_tasks a /proc/sys
runtime configurable option and removes the GDT limitation in the x86
case. I've run a kernel with 11000 processes. So i think it's not worth
improving the configurability of NR_TASKS (in 2.3).
-- mingo
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