consolekit thread explosion ...

[Kay Sievers]

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 15:45, Dan Nicholson<dbn.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

>> Or maybe we just limit the VCs to 4 or 8 instead of 64, which should
>> cover more than needed, right?
>
> I recall seeing a thread on lkml a couple years ago where someone
> proposed a patch to reduce the number of virtual consoles at build
> time, but it didn't go over well because the 64 is part of an API. I
> can't recall the details, but just a heads up that there may be push
> back if you try to go that route. I personally would love to see a way
> to limit VCs, though, since I can't think of any way you could use 64
> VTs.

Oh, I meant the support in CK for only a limited number of VCs. I
doubt anybody who relies on CK to manage sessions uses the 64 VCs. :)

But if we can get the kernel fixed, that would be obviously the right thing.

Thanks,
Kay