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Date:      Sun, 09 Sep 2018 19:53:51 +0000
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Subject:   [Bug 222639] fork: Time it takes to allocate random PID approach infinity as num_processes approach PID_MAX (related to: sysctl kern.randompid)
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--- Comment #1 from Marie Helene Kvello-Aune <marieheleneka@gmail.com> ---
Correction: PID randomization picks a random PID as described, but if it's not
available, it'll increment the attempted PID by 1 and check if it's available
again.

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