Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Aug 2002 16:15:31 -0300 (BRT) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Linux-2.5 fix/improve get_pid() |
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On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, Hubertus Franke wrote:
> Which one sounds like the best one ? > > Assuming that for now we have to stick to 16-bit pid_t ....
That assumption is pretty central to the debate.
I don't see the standard get_pid nor the bitmap based get_pid scale to something larger than a 16-bit pid_t.
If we're not sure yet whether we want to keep pid_t 16 bits it might be worth putting in an algorithm that does scale to larger numbers, if only so the switch to a larger pid_t will be more straightforward.
kind regards,
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