Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
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TasksMax= and DefaultTasksMax= can be specified as percentages. We don't actually document of what the percentage is relative to, but the implementation uses the smallest of /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max, /proc/sys/kernel/threads-max, and /sys/fs/cgroup/pids.max (when present). When the value is a percentage, we immediately convert it to an absolute value. If the limit later changes (which can happen e.g. when systemd-sysctl runs), the absolute value becomes outdated. So let's store either the percentage or absolute value, whatever was specified, and only convert to an absolute value when the value is used. For example, when starting a unit, the absolute value will be calculated when the cgroup for the unit is created. Fixes #13419.
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