Re: minor bugs around fork_init

From: Andries Brouwer (aeb@veritas.com)
Date: Sat Dec 23 2000 - 17:38:06 EST

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On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 05:33:55PM +0100, Manfred wrote:

> * get_pid causes a deadlock when all pid numbers are in use.
> In the worst case, only 10900 threads are required to exhaust
> the 15 bit pid space.

Yes. I posted a patch for 31-bit pids once or twice.
There is no great hurry, but on the other hand, it is always
better to make these changes long before it is really urgent.

Andries
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