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    mqueue: separate mqueue default value from maximum value · cef0184c
    KOSAKI Motohiro authored
    Commit b231cca4
    
     ("message queues: increase range limits") changed
    mqueue default value when attr parameter is specified NULL from hard
    coded value to fs.mqueue.{msg,msgsize}_max sysctl value.
    
    This made large side effect.  When user need to use two mqueue
    applications 1) using !NULL attr parameter and it require big message
    size and 2) using NULL attr parameter and only need small size message,
    app (1) require to raise fs.mqueue.msgsize_max and app (2) consume large
    memory size even though it doesn't need.
    
    Doug Ledford propsed to switch back it to static hard coded value.
    However it also has a compatibility problem.  Some applications might
    started depend on the default value is tunable.
    
    The solution is to separate default value from maximum value.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarKOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDoug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarDoug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
    Acked-by: Joe Korty <joe.korty@ccur.co...
    cef0184c
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