>
> I'm developing a database application that  uses the inserting processes
> pid. Problem is that I'm wondering how big this pid should be?

/*
 * This controls the default maximum pid allocated to a process
 */
#define PID_MAX_DEFAULT 0x8000

/*
 * A maximum of 4 million PIDs should be enough for a while:
 */
#define PID_MAX_LIMIT (4*1024*1024)

so u32 is what you want to be safe..

Dave.

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