On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 06:48:08PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote: > even the reduced maximum of about 16k (32-bit) or 1G (64-bit) should > be more than enough for the foreseeable future. So what happens if I manage to create 16k+ threads on my 32bit kernel and get them all to do mmap() or so at the same time. That doesn't seem too far fetched. Then again, with double that (the current limit) that doesn't seem impossible either. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-alpha" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html