Since following patch was merged 5.4-rc3, minimum value for threads-max changed to 1. kernel/sysctl.c: do not override max_threads provided by userspace b0f53dbc4bc4c371f38b14c391095a3bb8a0bb40 Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index 032c7cd3cede..38e0f10d7d9f 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ During initialization the kernel sets this value such that even if the maximum number of threads is created, the thread structures occupy only a part (1/8th) of the available RAM pages. -The minimum value that can be written to threads-max is 20. +The minimum value that can be written to threads-max is 1. The maximum value that can be written to threads-max is given by the constant FUTEX_TID_MASK (0x3fffffff). -- 2.24.0.rc1