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Re: increasing sysv semaphore limits



>> On Jul 15, 2026, at 1:03 PM, Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:
>> 
>> That sounds like it's totally ok.  We have pages and pages of bloated
>> kernel code already, and the same effort could probably save a page
>> someplace else.
>
> Are these allocated even if they’re not used?  If so, I would object to such a change.

Martin did the math and we're talking another 3760 bytes of memory over
the status quo -- which was judged ok with 1993 RAM sizes.

Do you object for all ports, or just smallish ones?   Even amd64 and
aarch64?


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