Re: NGROUPS_MAX in linux 2.6.3+

[Tim Hockin]

Replying to my own mail.

On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 01:20:25PM -0800, Tim Hockin wrote:
> 1.  Linux does not have a way to report these "constants" to libc.  It is a
> constant for a given kernel, but not necessarily across kernels.  I am going
> to try to find a good way to do that.  Watch for a patch, unless Linus tells
> me to buzz off.

Patch is here.  Linux will now expose a sysctl to read it's idea of
NGROUPS_MAX.

Can I get an ACK or NACK on this please, so I can rework it or mark it as
done?


Cheers,
Tim

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Tim Hockin
Sun Microsystems, Linux Software Engineering
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All opinions are my own, not Sun's

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