In fork_init a division by zero may occur. In the first patch the calculation of max_threads is moved from fork_init to a new separate function.
The incorrect calculation of max threads is addressed in the second patch. Furthermore max_threads is checked against FUTEX_TID_MASK. The third patch addresses max_threads being set by writing to /proc/sys/kernel/threads-max. The same limits are applied as in fork_init. The fourth patch uses a callback function to update max_threads when a memory hotplug event occurs. New in version 4: Separate of refactoring and correction into separate patches (as requested by Ingo Molnar) Remove redundant argument of fork_init New in version 3: Determination of max_threads moved to separate function. Handling of /proc/sys/kernel/threads-max Handling of memory hotplugging. Heinrich Schuchardt (4): kernel/fork.c: new function for max_threads kernel/fork.c: avoid division by zero kernel/sysctl.c: threads-max observe limits kernel/fork.c: memory hotplug updates max_threads include/linux/sysctl.h | 3 ++ init/main.c | 4 +- kernel/fork.c | 112 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- kernel/sysctl.c | 6 +-- 4 files changed, 102 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
