Re: [PATCH RFC 0/2] add nproc cgroup subsystem

[Aleksa Sarai]

> If 16-bit PID's aren't a concern anymore, then why do we still default to
> treating it like a 16-bit signed int (the default for
> /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max is 32768)?

I just want to emphasise that *even if* we changed to another default
limit, the mere existence of a system-wide pid_max makes PIDs a
resource.

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Aleksa Sarai (cyphar)
www.cyphar.com
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