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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] Document /proc/pid PID reuse behavior
    On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 10:18:29AM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
    > > would ever rely on the pid being reused while having the descriptor
    > > open. How would that make sense?
    >
    > I agree this is corner space, but users might be surprised that
    > keeping FDs of /proc/pid/X would lead to PID space exhaustion, for
    > example.

    We have a limit on the number of FDs a process can have open for a reason.
    Well, for many reasons.

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