Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Sep 2003 18:29:32 -0400 | From | Pete Zaitcev <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Many groups patch. |
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>> This version drops the internal groups array (it's so often shared >> that it's not worth it, and the logic becomes a bit neater), and does >> vmalloc fallback in case someone has massive number of groups. > > Why?
> The vmalloc space is limited, and the code just gets uglier.
Tim was going to write a version that segments groups into smaller arrays. I reckon it was too difficult?
> Have you been looking at glibc sources lately, or why do you believe that > we should encourage insane usage?
We have some customers who run insane number of groups, with their own patches. This practice is popular in the Beowulf crowd for some reason. I should note this is not very mainstream.
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