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From: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][v8][PATCH 3/10]: Make pid_max a pid_ns property
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:09:51 +0400
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Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
> 
> From: Serge Hallyn <serue-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> Subject: [RFC][v8][PATCH 3/10]: Make pid_max a pid_ns property
> 
> Remove the pid_max global, and make it a property of the
> pid_namespace.  When a pid_ns is created, it inherits
> the parent's pid_ns.
> 
> Fixing up sysctl (trivial akin to ipc version, but
> potentially tedious to get right for all CONFIG*
> combinations) is left for later.
> 
> Changelog[v2]:
> 	- Port to newer kernel
> 	- Make pid_max a local variable in alloc_pidmap() to simplify code/patch
> 
> Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serue-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

Not that I'm about to slow down or block the process, but...
frankly I don't see the reason for doing so. Why should we?
Especially taking into account, that we essentially cannot
change thin in the namespace level 3 and deeper?