linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Allow a larger buffer for writes to cpuset files

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Message-ID: <6599ad830610302015r473bee49pd8c0381a1ca04742@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:15:11 -0800
From:	"Paul Menage" <menage@...gle.com>
To:	"Paul Jackson" <pj@....com>
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow a larger buffer for writes to cpuset files

On 10/30/06, Paul Jackson <pj@....com> wrote:
>
> How about coding for the possibility that either NR_CPUS or MAX_NUMNODES
> is larger, and removing 'cpu' from the comment:
>
>         /* Crude upper limit on largest legitimate list user might write. */
>         if (nbytes > 100 + 6 * max(NR_CPUS, MAX_NUMNODES))
>

Yes, that does seem like a better idea.

Paul
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