On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 10:18 AM Matthew Chae <matthew.c...@axis.com> wrote: > > Hi maintainer, > > I'd like to hear your opinion regarding large PID can overflow its column in > top command. > > The max PID value can have 7 digits as the 4194304. > Busybox v1.36 released a new patch to handle large PID value in top command. > However, it still causes misalignment between the title and the number for 7 > digits or 6 digits PID. > The presence of a large number of PID and PPID digits in the column may cause > overflow, making it impossible to display the entire data accurately. > Plus, the large PID causes that user name can't be displayed up to 8 > characters and result in the truncation of less than 8 characters. > > I can contribute new patch which allocates appropriate space for the number > of digits in the PID and PPID to represent the values in each column > correctly. > This can make alignment between the title and the number for 7 digits PID and > 5 digits PID and also display user name up to 8 characters. > > What do you think? If you agree, I will send a patch.
Absolutely, please send a patch. Would be interesting to see a good solution. _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list busybox@busybox.net http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
