kernel/sysctl.c: threads-max observe limits

Users can change the maximum number of threads by writing to
/proc/sys/kernel/threads-max.

With the patch the value entered is checked against the same limits that
apply when fork_init is called.

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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Heinrich Schuchardt 2015-04-16 12:47:50 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent ac1b398de1
commit 16db3d3f11
3 changed files with 34 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -212,4 +212,7 @@ static inline void setup_sysctl_set(struct ctl_table_set *p,
#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
int sysctl_max_threads(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
#endif /* _LINUX_SYSCTL_H */