Doc/sysctl/kernel.txt: document threads-max
File /proc/sys/kernel/threads-max controls the maximum number of threads that can be created using fork(). [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix typo, per Guenter] Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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threads-max
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This value controls the maximum number of threads that can be created
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using fork().
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During initialization the kernel sets this value such that even if the
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maximum number of threads is created, the thread structures occupy only
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a part (1/8th) of the available RAM pages.
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The minimum value that can be written to threads-max is 20.
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The maximum value that can be written to threads-max is given by the
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constant FUTEX_TID_MASK (0x3fffffff).
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If a value outside of this range is written to threads-max an error
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EINVAL occurs.
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The value written is checked against the available RAM pages. If the
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thread structures would occupy too much (more than 1/8th) of the
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available RAM pages threads-max is reduced accordingly.
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unknown_nmi_panic:
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The value in this file affects behavior of handling NMI. When the
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