Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Linux-2.5 fix/improve get_pid() | From | Paul Larson <> | Date | 09 Aug 2002 16:46:36 -0500 |
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On Fri, 2002-08-09 at 16:42, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Hmm.. Giving them a quick glance-over, the /proc issues look like they > shouldn't be there in 2.5.x anyway, since the inode number really is > largely just a random number in 2.5 and all the real information is > squirelled away at path open time. > > There's certainly a possibility for some cleanups, though. So for now then, should I dig out my original (minimal) patch that *just* fixed the "loop forever even if we're out of pids" problem? Even if we increase PID_MAX to something obscenely high, I think we should still be checking for this.
-Paul Larson
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