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Date:	Tue, 24 Feb 2015 20:38:19 +0100
From:	Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@...hat.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Michael Marineau <mike@...ineau.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
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	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
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	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...allels.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3 v5] kernel/fork.c: new function for max_threads

PAGE_SIZE is not guaranteed to be equal to or less than 8 times the
THREAD_SIZE.

E.g. architecture hexagon may have page size 1M and thread size 4096.
This would lead to a division by zero in the calculation of max_threads.

With this patch the buggy code is moved to a separate function
set_max_threads. The error is not fixed.

After fixing the problem in a separate patch the new function can be
reused to adjust max_threads after adding or removing memory.

Argument mempages of function fork_init() is removed as totalram_pages
is an exported symbol.

The creation of separate patches for refactoring to a new function
and for fixing the logic was suggested by Ingo Molnar.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
---
 init/main.c   |  4 ++--
 kernel/fork.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 61b99376..21394ec 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 static int kernel_init(void *);
 
 extern void init_IRQ(void);
-extern void fork_init(unsigned long);
+extern void fork_init(void);
 extern void radix_tree_init(void);
 #ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
 static inline void mark_rodata_ro(void) { }
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
 #endif
 	thread_info_cache_init();
 	cred_init();
-	fork_init(totalram_pages);
+	fork_init();
 	proc_caches_init();
 	buffer_init();
 	key_init();
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 4dc2dda..460b044 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -253,7 +253,27 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__put_task_struct);
 
 void __init __weak arch_task_cache_init(void) { }
 
-void __init fork_init(unsigned long mempages)
+/*
+ * set_max_threads
+ * The argument is ignored.
+ */
+static void set_max_threads(unsigned int max_threads_suggested)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The default maximum number of threads is set to a safe
+	 * value: the thread structures can take up at most half
+	 * of memory.
+	 */
+	max_threads = totalram_pages / (8 * THREAD_SIZE / PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	/*
+	 * we need to allow at least 20 threads to boot a system
+	 */
+	if (max_threads < 20)
+		max_threads = 20;
+}
+
+void __init fork_init(void)
 {
 #ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_TASK_STRUCT_ALLOCATOR
 #ifndef ARCH_MIN_TASKALIGN
@@ -268,18 +288,7 @@ void __init fork_init(unsigned long mempages)
 	/* do the arch specific task caches init */
 	arch_task_cache_init();
 
-	/*
-	 * The default maximum number of threads is set to a safe
-	 * value: the thread structures can take up at most half
-	 * of memory.
-	 */
-	max_threads = mempages / (8 * THREAD_SIZE / PAGE_SIZE);
-
-	/*
-	 * we need to allow at least 20 threads to boot a system
-	 */
-	if (max_threads < 20)
-		max_threads = 20;
+	set_max_threads(UINT_MAX);
 
 	init_task.signal->rlim[RLIMIT_NPROC].rlim_cur = max_threads/2;
 	init_task.signal->rlim[RLIMIT_NPROC].rlim_max = max_threads/2;
-- 
2.1.4

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