Re: PID bit-width

2000-10-08 Thread Mark Hahn
> the original process on a system fast enough to wrap the > pid counter in < 1 sec? on a recent, entry-level system (duron/600, 128M PC133) I see ~13000 fork/child-exit/wait cycles per second. clone is even worse (better): ~42K/second! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

PID bit-width

2000-10-08 Thread Clayton Weaver
Has everyone forgotten the old coda_fs-security discussion and the question of how to be sure that you are still talking to the original process on a system fast enough to wrap the pid counter in < 1 sec? (That question doesn't have to be solved with the pid, you can use a wide cookie, but if

PID bit-width

2000-10-08 Thread Clayton Weaver
Has everyone forgotten the old coda_fs-security discussion and the question of how to be sure that you are still talking to the original process on a system fast enough to wrap the pid counter in 1 sec? (That question doesn't have to be solved with the pid, you can use a wide cookie, but if

Re: PID bit-width

2000-10-08 Thread Mark Hahn
the original process on a system fast enough to wrap the pid counter in 1 sec? on a recent, entry-level system (duron/600, 128M PC133) I see ~13000 fork/child-exit/wait cycles per second. clone is even worse (better): ~42K/second! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe