linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] kernel/pid: Remove default pid

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Message-Id: <20240411150331.84f57aeb42b0907536997fa6@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 15:03:31 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Steven
 Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>, Christian Brauner
 <brauner@...nel.org>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Kent Overstreet
 <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Tycho
 Andersen <tandersen@...flix.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Aleksa
 Sarai <cyphar@...har.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] kernel/pid: Remove default pid_max value

On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 17:40:02 +0200 Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com> wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> On Mon, Apr 08, 2024 at 01:29:55PM -0700, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > That seems like a large change.
> 
> In what sense is it large?

A large increase in the maximum number of processes.  Or did I misinterpret?