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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2015-09-11 13:27:41 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2015-09-11 13:27:41 +0200 |
| commit | 004b062d87767b0232c93147b2fbd4c2d4d0b4f7 (patch) | |
| tree | ebd038e191bdc5fd0a45c6e9e8feb8d1ef4e77bc | |
| parent | 6fb0f56f982a10bf2d582018c74f9ef621b9f869 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-004b062d87767b0232c93147b2fbd4c2d4d0b4f7.tar.gz | |
proc.5: Note kernel version that introduced threads-max range checks
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man5/proc.5 | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index 83f30afdd9..950aa5e139 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -4269,8 +4269,13 @@ date following it indicates the time the kernel was built. This file specifies the system-wide limit on the number of threads (tasks) that can be created on the system. -The minimum value that can be written to threads-max is 20. -The maximum value that can be written to threads-max is given by the +Since Linux 4.1, +.\" commit 230633d109e35b0a24277498e773edeb79b4a331 +the value that can be written to +.I threads-max +is bounded. +The minimum value that can be written is 20. +The maximum value that can be written is given by the constant .B FUTEX_TID_MASK (0x3fffffff). |