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| author | Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> | 2014-07-19 14:59:07 -0700 |
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| committer | Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> | 2014-07-19 14:59:07 -0700 |
| commit | 4e9816d012dbc28dc89559261c6ffbf8ffc440dd (patch) | |
| tree | dee9f8b31f3d6d2fb141541da88e1cc1329b017e /include/linux/sched/sysctl.h | |
| parent | da98f44f27d81d7fe9a41f69af4fe08c18d13b56 (diff) | |
| parent | 1795cd9b3a91d4b5473c97f491d63892442212ab (diff) | |
Merge tag 'v3.16-rc5' into next/fixes-non-critical
Linux 3.16-rc5
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/sched/sysctl.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/sched/sysctl.h | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h index 8045a554caf..596a0e007c6 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h +++ b/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h @@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ enum { sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs = 0 }; * Because the kernel adds some informative sections to a image of program at * generating coredump, we need some margin. The number of extra sections is * 1-3 now and depends on arch. We use "5" as safe margin, here. + * + * ELF extended numbering allows more than 65535 sections, so 16-bit bound is + * not a hard limit any more. Although some userspace tools can be surprised by + * that. */ #define MAPCOUNT_ELF_CORE_MARGIN (5) #define DEFAULT_MAX_MAP_COUNT (USHRT_MAX - MAPCOUNT_ELF_CORE_MARGIN) |