Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux 2.3.39 has 32bit uid. What about 32bit pid? | Date | Thu, 13 Jan 2000 21:40:45 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Thus, if we change get_pid() so as to use pids larger than 32000 > we need CONFIG_15BIT_PID (default=n) so that people who cannot or > do not want to recompile their ipc using stuff can use a new kernel.
/proc/sys/kern/max_pid ?
> (Only very few programs are affected. Making new rpms available > for people upgrading to 2.4 would suffice.)
Then I think it is worth while, shared cluster folks have been asking about stuff like node <<8 | pid for a while, and 16bit pid_t is going to be too small the way big PC kit is going
> Aha, so that was obstacle 1. Obstacle 2 is the inode numbering the kernel > uses internally for /proc. That would have to change.
True
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