More Processes

[gaf at mediaone.net (Jerry Feldman)]

I don't necessarily agree. As I mentioned earlier, the constant  which 
controls the number of processes per user 
is:/usr/src/linux/include/linux/tasks.h
#define NR_TASKS        512

#define MAX_TASKS_PER_USER (NR_TASKS/2)
#define MIN_TASKS_LEFT_FOR_ROOT 4

I verified this by changing 512 (which allowed me 244 tasks for a non-root 
user) to 768 which allowed over 380 processes, which was the expected 
number. I think what Mike was referring to is the number of open files. 
There is also a user and system wide limit here also. Again, most Unix 
systems have these limits built in to the kernel.

On 22 Nov 98, at 5:17, Mike Bilow <mikebw at bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net> wrote:

> Linux stores its process table as a chain of inodes, so you have to
> increase the filesystem limits in the kernel source.  You need to bump up
> "NR_OPEN" in fs.h and in limits.h, and also bump up "OPEN_MAX" in
> limits.h.  The usual change is from 256 to 1024.  Of course, you will need
> to recompile.
>
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Gerald Feldman <gaf at mediaone.net>
Boston Computer Solutions and Consulting
ICQ#156300
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