Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: idea to enhance get_pid() | From | Dan Aloni <> | Date | 20 Apr 2002 12:59:27 +0300 |
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On Sat, 2002-04-20 at 12:15, lenny lv wrote:
> I've got an idea to speed up linux/kernel/fork.c/get_pid(). Why not use > bitmap to alloc/free the pids? Is it because 4KB(32K/8) memory scanning is > slower than the current get_pid() version? Does anyone benchmark them?
This could have been a good idea if Linux was to stay with 15-bit pids forever. The code you are suggesting will have to be rewritten sometime to support 32 bit pids.
The last time I checked, the only thing that stops the move back to 32-bit pids is a bug in the bash shell, and just a few workable IPC interfaces and libc breakages.
Are 32 bit pids planned for 2.5?
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