Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Wed, 31 Jul 1996 09:32:14 -0400 (EDT) | From | David Schwartz <> | Subject | Re: proc fs and shared pids |
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There really isn't a reason for two processes to share a pid but there are reasons for all the threads of a process to have the same pid. Primarily because this is what makes sense for things like kill() and waitpid().
DS
On Tue, 30 Jul 1996, Lex Spoon wrote:
> And /proc is not the only problem! What about kill()? waitpid()? > > It's NICE to be able to identify a process by just knowing its pid; > are there any real uses for two processes having the same pid? > > > Lex > >
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