Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Nov 2004 21:59:37 +0100 | From | Grzegorz Piotr Jaskiewicz <> | Subject | Re: pid_max madness |
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William Lee Irwin III wrote: > On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 09:12:07PM +0100, Grzegorz Piotr Jaskiewicz wrote: > >>Let's do: >>#echo "-1" >/proc/sys/kernel/pid_max >>#cat /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max >>-1 >># >>Madness, isn't ? >>I guess that isn't what author ment it to behave like. >>Anyway, does it mean that after max unsigned value is reached pids are >>going to be negative in value ?? > > > Kernel version please? all 2.6.x on intel86, this exact one is 2.6.9. on 2.6.10-rc1-mm4 it doesn't change it anymore.
-- GJ
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