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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 23:38:06 +0100
From: Andries Brouwer <aeb@veritas.com>
To: Manfred <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tytso@mit.edu, torvalds@transmeta.com
Subject: Re: minor bugs around fork_init
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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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