Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 18 Dec 1999 14:48:33 -0500 (EST) | From | Chris Wing <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Core patch for 32-bit UIDs |
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Dan:
> I'd like to put my +1 in for 32-bit UIDs.
Thanks!
> Now, about those 16 bit PID's... is it really fair to > allow more users than threads or processes ? > (Just kidding. At least for now.) > > [dank@krunch linux-2.3.33]$ grep 'typedef.*pid_t' include/*/*.h | grep short > include/asm-arm/posix_types.h: typedef unsigned short __kernel_ipc_pid_t; > include/asm-i386/posix_types.h: typedef unsigned short __kernel_ipc_pid_t; > include/asm-m68k/posix_types.h: typedef unsigned short __kernel_ipc_pid_t;
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Note that you've found references to 'ipc_pid_t'. I've already included support for 32-bit pid_t in my patches to the IPC code, needed to support 32-bit UIDs there.
Now, actually supporting 32-bit (or 31-bit :) pids will require other changes, and will possibly break many non-glibc programs...
-Chris
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