linux-kernel - Re: [patch] remove MAX_ARG

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Date:	Mon, 1 Jan 2007 17:28:03 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Ollie Wild <aaw@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	parisc-linux@...ts.parisc-linux.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@....de>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [patch] remove MAX_ARG_PAGES

Hi!

> FYI, i have forward ported your MAX_ARG_PAGES limit removal patch to 
> 2.6.20-rc2 and have included it in the -rt kernel. It's working great - 
> i can now finally do a "ls -t patches/*.patch" in my patch repository - 
> something i havent been able to do for years ;-)
> 
> what is keeping this fix from going upstream?

+1

I like this. I've been running with MAX_ARG_PAGES raised to insane
value, and I'd love to get rid of that hack.

							Pavel
-- 
Thanks for all the (sleeping) penguins.
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