Date: Sat, 2 Sep 1995 11:28:34 +0800 (CST) From: Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw> To: FreeBSD hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Subject: Re: 16-bit pids? (was Re: 16, 32, and 64bit types?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950902112102.25712B-100000@aries> In-Reply-To: <199509011645.SAA16004@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Fri, 1 Sep 1995, J Wunsch wrote:
>
> After a PID rollover, the non-uniqueness of the PID namespace can fool
> this mechanism.
Ah ha, I see now, *ding*. :) Yeah, it does seem a little
short-sighted, now that you mention it. ;-) pid_t is a long, but
PID_MAX is 30000? Are those other 17 bits used for anything at all?
--
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org
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