> launching 32000 processes was not possible. the kernel got stuck. sloppy statement. it's not clear if the kernel was really stuck or just hit something exponential.
> here's one thing that's not immediately obvious, even when running the > kernel. conv.nmach must be less than 0x7fffffff/(1000*1000) = 2147 > to prevent reprioritize from doing silly things: > > /* > * fairshare = 1.000 * conf.nproc * 1.000/load, > * except the decimal point is moved three places > * on both load and fairshare. > */ > fairshare = (conf.nmach*1000*1000)/load; and, look. the comment's wrong. never read the comments! - erik
