[LTP] mkdir -c 2041

[Scott P. <sco...@ea...>]

Hello,

I'm seeing a difference in mkdir08 execution for root and non-root users.
Specifically, "-c X" (where X is >2040) returns resource/fork failures once
X is reached, if the user is not root.

As root, this number (and higher) works fine and all iterations return 0.

As a normal user:
./mkdir08 -c 2042
parse_opts.c: fork() failed, errno:11 Resource temporarily unavailable
(once 2040 is reached)

`ulimit -a` for the user returns:
[scott@brassmonkey mkdir]$ ulimit -a
core file size        (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size         (kbytes, -d) unlimited
file size             (blocks, -f) unlimited
max locked memory     (kbytes, -l) unlimited
max memory size       (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files                    (-n) 1024
pipe size          (512 bytes, -p) 8
stack size            (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time             (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes            (-u) 2048
virtual memory        (kbytes, -v) unlimited

(all values are the same as root's)

IF all copies of mkdir executed at the same time, I could see how this hits
my process limit for the USER... but I think the first executions have
returned by the time the last instances began, and in any case, the user
limits are the same as root. .

What am I doing wrong here? Thanks

-Scott