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* [PATCH] Fork fix fix
@ 2004-11-16 19:11 David Howells
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From: David Howells @ 2004-11-16 19:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: akpm, torvalds; +Cc: linux-kernel


The attached patch fixes the fork fix to avoid the divide-by-zero error I'd
previously fixed, but without using any sort of conditional.

Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
---
warthog>diffstat fork-2610rc2mm1.diff 
 fork.c |    5 +----
 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff -uNrp /warthog/kernels/linux-2.6.10-rc2-mm1/kernel/fork.c linux-2.6.10-rc2-mm1-frv/kernel/fork.c
--- /warthog/kernels/linux-2.6.10-rc2-mm1/kernel/fork.c	2004-11-16 11:31:47.732546390 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.10-rc2-mm1-frv/kernel/fork.c	2004-11-16 16:56:30.990473701 +0000
@@ -120,10 +120,7 @@ void __init fork_init(unsigned long memp
 	 * value: the thread structures can take up at most half
 	 * of memory.
 	 */
-	if (THREAD_SIZE >= PAGE_SIZE)
-		max_threads = mempages / (THREAD_SIZE/PAGE_SIZE) / 8;
-	else
-		max_threads = mempages / 8;
+	max_threads = mempages / (8 * THREAD_SIZE / PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	/*
 	 * we need to allow at least 20 threads to boot a system

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