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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Linux-2.5 fix/improve get_pid()
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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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