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 TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_PIDS
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Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 20:39:44 +0100
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On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 18:03 +0100, Michael Holzheu wrote:
> +       if (cmd_pids->cnt > 1000) // XXX socket buffer size check

What's the implication of this limit? Does that mean that if there's
more than 1000 tasks on the system the whole interface falls flat on its
face or does that mean we get at most 1000 tasks worth of information
per syscall?