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	diff --git a/sys/kern/subr_param.c b/sys/kern/subr_param.c
	--- a/sys/kern/subr_param.c
	+++ b/sys/kern/subr_param.c
	@@ -235,14 +235,11 @@
	* specification for <limits.h>, paragraph "Runtime Increasable
	* Values").
	*
	- * On the other hand, INT_MAX would result in an overflow for the common
	- * 'ngroups_max + 1' computation (to obtain the size of the internal
	- * groups array, its first element being reserved for the effective
	- * GID). Also, the number of allocated bytes for the group array must
	- * not overflow on 32-bit machines. For all these reasons, we limit the
	- * number of supplementary groups to some very high number that we
	- * expect will never be reached in all practical uses and ensures we
	- * avoid the problems just exposed, even if 'gid_t' was to be enlarged
	+ * On the other hand, a too high value would result in an overflow when
	+ * computing the number of bytes to allocate for the groups array. We
	+ * thus limit the number of supplementary groups to some very high
	+ * number that we expect will never be reached in all practical uses,
	+ * avoiding the problem just exposed even if 'gid_t' were to be enlarged
	* by a magnitude.
	*/
	ngroups_max = NGROUPS_MAX;