idea to enhance get_pid()

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Hi there,

I've got an idea to speed up linux/kernel/fork.c/get_pid(). Why not use
bitmap to alloc/free the pids? Is it because 4KB(32K/8) memory scanning is
slower than the current get_pid() version? Does anyone benchmark them?

Thanks,
Lenny

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