> If 16-bit PID's aren't a concern anymore, then why do we still default to > treating it like a 16-bit signed int (the default for > /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max is 32768)?
I just want to emphasise that *even if* we changed to another default limit, the mere existence of a system-wide pid_max makes PIDs a resource. -- Aleksa Sarai (cyphar) www.cyphar.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
