Hi, I recommend you to change your test system.
For example, you can modify /etc/systemd/system.conf and change DefaultTasksMax there. But that is for the systemd started units... Note that TasksMax these days can accept % values of kernel configured max tasks too, meaning i.e. one can set it to 100%..... The upstream default is 15% and we reverted that, meaning setting it to unlimited. However something odd is going on. I wonder if you are actually hitting UserTasksMax instead (which appears to be under-documented). I wonder if setting UserTasksMax=1000000 in /etc/systemd/logind.conf in the [Login] section, restarting systemd-logind, creating a brand new user session (logout _all_ sessions, and relogin) would actually solve your problem? ps. Also you can use a "drop-in" instead of modifying a config file, as all config files in systemd support .d `drop-ins` like so: instead of modifying /etc/systemd/system.conf one can instead install files like these: /{lib,etc,run}/systemd/system.conf.d/bump-tasks-max.conf with like contents of [Manager] DefaultTasksMax=1000000 Depending on whether you want it to be packaged in a package, be a config file, or be a runtime adjustment. ** Tags added: cosmic ** No longer affects: systemd (Ubuntu Cosmic) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1783881 Title: ltp-syscalls: msgstress03 fails because systemd limits number of processes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-kernel-tests/+bug/1783881/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs