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Date:      Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:21:08 +0200
From:      Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
To:        Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r218967 - head/sys/kern
Message-ID:  <20110223142108.GP78089@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
In-Reply-To: <20110223135734.GA62693@freebsd.org>
References:  <201102231256.p1NCuPHN056220@svn.freebsd.org> <20110223131228.GN78089@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <20110223135734.GA62693@freebsd.org>

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On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 01:57:34PM +0000, Alexander Best wrote:
> On Wed Feb 23 11, Kostik Belousov wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:56:25PM +0000, John Baldwin wrote:
> > > Author: jhb
> > > Date: Wed Feb 23 12:56:25 2011
> > > New Revision: 218967
> > > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/218967
> > >=20
> > > Log:
> > >   Fix off-by-one error in check against max_threads_per_proc.
> > >  =20
> > >   Submitted by:	arundel
> > >   MFC after:	1 week
> > >=20
> > > Modified:
> > >   head/sys/kern/kern_thr.c
> > >=20
> > > Modified: head/sys/kern/kern_thr.c
> > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> > > --- head/sys/kern/kern_thr.c	Wed Feb 23 10:28:37 2011	(r218966)
> > > +++ head/sys/kern/kern_thr.c	Wed Feb 23 12:56:25 2011	(r218967)
> > > @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ create_thread(struct thread *td, mcontex
> > >  	p =3D td->td_proc;
> > > =20
> > >  	/* Have race condition but it is cheap. */
> > > -	if (p->p_numthreads >=3D max_threads_per_proc) {
> > > +	if (p->p_numthreads > max_threads_per_proc) {
> > >  		++max_threads_hits;
> > >  		return (EPROCLIM);
> > >  	}
> >=20
> > I do not think there was off by one error. The create_thread() function
> > is called to create new thread, and before the process thread counter
> > is incremented in thread_link(). The old test tried to not allow more
> > then max_threads_per_proc threads in a process, now it allows to
> > create max_threads_per_proc.
>=20
> doesn't the semantics of the term "maximum" imply that it's own value is =
also
> valid?
>=20
> if a sign says maximum weight 2000kg, does that mean that a weight of 200=
0kg is
> invalid and the highest valid weight is 1999,999..kg?
>=20
> cheers.
> alex
>=20
> >=20
> > My guess is that the reference to mentioned pthread_vfork_test failed
> > because reporter set kern.threads.max_threads_per_proc to 100. The
> > test actually tries to create 101 threads, 1 main + 100 new.
>=20
> so the main process counts as 1 thread and for each pthread_create
> invokation the thread number gets bumped up?
>
> so with a process doing a single pthread_create() that would imply
> this process is having a thread count of 2?

Exactly. The main thread is the same as all others (almost).

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