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Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 13:29:55 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Michal =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Koutn=FD?= <mkoutny@suse.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] kernel/pid: Remove default pid_max value
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On Mon,  8 Apr 2024 16:58:18 +0200 Michal Koutn=FD <mkoutny@suse.com> wrote:

> The kernel provides mechanisms, while it should not imply policies --
> default pid_max seems to be an example of the policy that does not fit
> all. At the same time pid_max must have some value assigned, so use the
> end of the allowed range -- pid_max_max.
>=20
> This change thus increases initial pid_max from 32k to 4M (x86_64
> defconfig).

That seems like a large change.

It isn't clear why we'd want to merge this patchset.  Does it improve
anyone's life and if so, how?