Messages in this thread | | | From | aem@netcom ... | Subject | Re: max file descriptors | Date | Thu, 8 Jan 1998 02:16:03 -0500 (EST) |
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> > And what about linux/include/linux/tasks.h: > > #define NR_TASKS 512 > > #define NR_TASKS_PER_USER (NR_TASKS/2) > > Looks like that was the problem.. I increased NR_TASKS to 4096 and it > solved the problem..
The max value for NR_TASKS is about 4092, as a task uses two descriptors (TSS and LDT), and the kernel reserves 8, and APM uses 3 if enabled. This also uses 64k for the GDT.
This only applies to x86 though.
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@netcom.ca
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