Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 18 Oct 2001 15:04:53 -0400 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.x process limits (NR_TASKS)? |
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Gregory Ade wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > We're running into what appears to be a 256-process-per-user limit on one > of our webservers, due to the number of processes running as a specific > user for our application. I'd like to increase the process limit, and > *THINK* that to do so i need to increase NR_TASKS in > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/tasks.h. > > Is this correct? What other things do I need to watch out for when making > this modification? > > Also, where can this limit be changed in 2.4.x? > > Thanks ahead of time. >
2.2.x has a hard limit of 512 tasks on the x86 because it uses hardware task switching. 2.4.x allows an unlimited number of tasks, and is configurable via /proc/sys/kernel/threads-max and ulimit.
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