Messages in this thread | | | From | "Frederick, Fabian" <> | Subject | pid_max ? | Date | Wed, 30 Jul 2003 09:53:12 +0200 |
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Hi,
I was looking at pid.c file and can't understand pid_max usage. It's defined as integer (signed) =PID_MAX_DEFAULT (which is 0x8000 (on old arch, integer max positive value isn't 32767 ? so 0x8000 -> -32768).
In alloc_pidmap, 'if (pid>=pid_max)' should be in that case always true so pid=RESERVED_PIDS which is 300 (?).Why not use pid>PID_MAX_DEFAULT there and forget the pid_max definition ? and why do we have that '300' value ?
Regards, Fabian
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