linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ipc,shm: increase default size for shmmax

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Date:	Sun, 13 Apr 2014 20:05:34 +0200
From:	Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@...com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...il.com>, aswin@...com,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipc,shm: increase default size for shmmax

Hi Andrew,

On 04/02/2014 12:08 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Well, I'm assuming 64GB==infinity. It *was* infinity in the RHEL5 
> timeframe, but infinity has since become larger so pickanumber. 

I think infinity is the right solution:
The only common case where infinity is wrong would be Android - and 
Android disables sysv shm entirely.

There are two patches:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=139730332306185&q=raw
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=139727299800644&q=raw

Could you apply one of them?
I wrote the first one, thus I'm biased which one is better.

--
     Manfred
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