[RFC][v8][PATCH 3/10]: Make pid_max a pid_ns property

[Pavel Emelyanov]

Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
> 
> From: Serge Hallyn <serue at us.ibm.com>
> Subject: [RFC][v8][PATCH 3/10]: Make pid_max a pid_ns property
> 
> Remove the pid_max global, and make it a property of the
> pid_namespace.  When a pid_ns is created, it inherits
> the parent's pid_ns.
> 
> Fixing up sysctl (trivial akin to ipc version, but
> potentially tedious to get right for all CONFIG*
> combinations) is left for later.
> 
> Changelog[v2]:
> 	- Port to newer kernel
> 	- Make pid_max a local variable in alloc_pidmap() to simplify code/patch
> 
> Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serue at us.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev at us.ibm.com>

Not that I'm about to slow down or block the process, but...
frankly I don't see the reason for doing so. Why should we?
Especially taking into account, that we essentially cannot
change thin in the namespace level 3 and deeper?