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authorSteven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>2006-03-31 15:34:58 -0500
committerSteven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>2006-03-31 15:34:58 -0500
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diff --git a/include/linux/threads.h b/include/linux/threads.h
index b59738ac6197..e646bcdf2614 100644
--- a/include/linux/threads.h
+++ b/include/linux/threads.h
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
#define PID_MAX_DEFAULT (CONFIG_BASE_SMALL ? 0x1000 : 0x8000)
/*
- * A maximum of 4 million PIDs should be enough for a while:
+ * A maximum of 4 million PIDs should be enough for a while.
+ * [NOTE: PID/TIDs are limited to 2^29 ~= 500+ million, see futex.h.]
*/
#define PID_MAX_LIMIT (CONFIG_BASE_SMALL ? PAGE_SIZE * 8 : \
(sizeof(long) > 4 ? 4 * 1024 * 1024 : PID_MAX_DEFAULT))