Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 4 Nov 2000 21:01:58 +0100 | From | Andries Brouwer <> | Subject | Re: processes> 2^15 |
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On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 07:27:58PM +0530, aprasad@in.ibm.com wrote:
> after reaching process count something around 30568, processes start > getting pid from start, which ever is the first free entry slot in process > table. that means we can't have simultaneously more than roughly 2^15 > processes? > am i correct?
Yes. (If that displeases you I can give you the trivial patch. However, you really need some awesome machine before it becomes reasonable to run that many processes.)
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