Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 Nov 2005 23:30:11 +0000 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] [PATCH 00/13] Introduce task_pid api |
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Hi!
> > Hmm... it is hard to judge a patch without context. Anyway, can't we > > get process snasphot/resume without virtualizing pids? Could we switch > > to 128-bits so that pids are never reused or something like that? > > That might work fine for a managed cluster, but it wouldn't be a good > fit if you ever wanted to support something like a laptop in > disconnected operation, or if you ever want to restore the same snapshot > more than once. There may also be some practical userspace issues > making pids that large. > > I also hate bloating types and making them sparse just for the hell of > it. It is seriously demoralizing to do a ps and see > 7011827128432950176177290 staring back at you. :)
Well, doing cat /var/something/foo.pid, and seeing pid of unrelated process is wrong, too... especially if you try to kill it.... -- 64 bytes from 195.113.31.123: icmp_seq=28 ttl=51 time=448769.1 ms
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