Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: RFC/PATCH: Random pid generation | Date | Wed, 12 Jan 2000 21:20:57 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> This is also a really bad idea, because with easily guessable pids you > are opening yourself to /tmp races. This is actually a argument for > random pids (or fixing the programs).
Random pids just slow the process down. Its an argument for writing decent code. >
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