Re: Linux 2.3.39 has 32bit uid. What about 32bit pid?

From: Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Date: Wed Jan 12 2000 - 17:02:44 EST

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Hi!

> I have one question regarding 32bit kernel uids and ncpfs - ncpfs
> exports __kernel_uid_t to userspace in couple of ioctl structures.
> There is no problem with adding new structures with 32bit __kernel_uid32_t,
> but some (two) of these structures include also __kernel_pid_t.
> So I'd like to ask, whether we are going to 32bit pid_t in 2.3.

Definitely reserve enough space for 32 bit pid. Even if it will not
happen in 2.3, it will happen _someday_.
Pavel
PS: I'd like it soon. It would enable to create pids that never wrap
around, and close one major problem with UNIX.

-- I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care." Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents me at discuss@linmodems.org

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