Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:41:03 -0500 (EST) | From | linux-os <> | Subject | Re: pid_max madness |
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On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, 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 ?? > > -- > GJ > -
Seems to set them back to 300 on this system Linux-2.6.9. That's an interesting side-effect. I like it! They never get much over 300 either!
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