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From b9be2c6b48227642ba85c5a741f121cc99655904 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: =?UTF-8?q?Michal=20Sekleta=CC=81r?= <msekleta@redhat.com>
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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 12:30:58 +0100
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Subject: [PATCH] sysctl: let's by default increase the numeric PID range from
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2^16 to 2^22
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This should PID collisions a tiny bit less likely, and thus improve
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security and robustness.
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2^22 isn't particularly a lot either, but it's the current kernel
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limitation.
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Bumping this limit was suggested by Linus himself:
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https://lwn.net/ml/linux-kernel/CAHk-=wiZ40LVjnXSi9iHLE_-ZBsWFGCgdmNiYZUXn1-V5YBg2g@mail.gmail.com/
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Let's experiment with this in systemd upstream first. Downstreams and
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users can after all still comment this easily.
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Besides compat concern the most often heard issue with such high PIDs is
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usability, since they are potentially hard to type. I am not entirely sure though
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whether 4194304 (as largest new PID) is that much worse to type or to
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copy than 65563.
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This should also simplify management of per system tasks limits as by
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this move the sysctl /proc/sys/kernel/threads-max becomes the primary
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knob to control how many processes to have in parallel.
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Resolves: #1744214
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---
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sysctl.d/50-pid-max.conf | 17 +++++++++++++++++
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sysctl.d/meson.build | 1 +
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2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
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create mode 100644 sysctl.d/50-pid-max.conf
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diff --git a/sysctl.d/50-pid-max.conf b/sysctl.d/50-pid-max.conf
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new file mode 100644
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index 0000000000..3a8393d185
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--- /dev/null
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+++ b/sysctl.d/50-pid-max.conf
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@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
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+# This file is part of systemd.
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+#
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+# systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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+# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
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+# (at your option) any later version.
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+
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+# See sysctl.d(5) and core(5) for documentation.
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+
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+# To override settings in this file, create a local file in /etc
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+# (e.g. /etc/sysctl.d/90-override.conf), and put any assignments
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+# there.
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+
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+# Bump the numeric PID range to its maximum of 2^22 (from the in-kernel default
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+# of 2^16), to make PID collisions less likely.
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+kernel.pid_max = 4194304
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+
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diff --git a/sysctl.d/meson.build b/sysctl.d/meson.build
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index 64f6ce942e..a95957ad7d 100644
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--- a/sysctl.d/meson.build
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+++ b/sysctl.d/meson.build
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@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
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install_data(
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'50-default.conf',
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+ '50-pid-max.conf',
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install_dir : sysctldir)
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in_files = []
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