> 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.
and, look. the comment's wrong. never read the comments!
> 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;
- erik