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Doc/sysctl/kernel.txt: document threads-max

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File /proc/sys/kernel/threads-max controls the maximum number of threads
that can be created using fork().

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix typo, per Guenter]
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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threads-max
This value controls the maximum number of threads that can be created
using fork().
During initialization the kernel sets this value such that even if the
maximum number of threads is created, the thread structures occupy only
a part (1/8th) of the available RAM pages.
The minimum value that can be written to threads-max is 20.
The maximum value that can be written to threads-max is given by the
constant FUTEX_TID_MASK (0x3fffffff).
If a value outside of this range is written to threads-max an error
EINVAL occurs.
The value written is checked against the available RAM pages. If the
thread structures would occupy too much (more than 1/8th) of the
available RAM pages threads-max is reduced accordingly.
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unknown_nmi_panic:
The value in this file affects behavior of handling NMI. When the