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From: tytso@mit.edu
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Salman <sqazi@google.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	peterz@infradead.org, akpm@inux-foundation.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	tytso@google.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix a race in pid generation that causes pids to be reused immediately.
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 13:47:44 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100609174744.GG6162@thunk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1006091041540.4506@i5.linux-foundation.org>

On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 10:43:33AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> We need that bitmap to handle the overflow max_pid case. We are _not_ 
> returning just increasing pid numbers.

Doh!  I knew I was forgetting something obvious.  I was hoping we
could get rid of the bitmap entirely, but I guess not....

(Unless users would stand for 64-bit pid numbers... no?  Dang. :-)

      	      	     	    	      - Ted

  reply	other threads:[~2010-06-09 17:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-09  6:24 [PATCH] Fix a race in pid generation that causes pids to be reused immediately Salman
2010-06-09  6:53 ` Andi Kleen
2010-06-09  9:48 ` Ingo Molnar
2010-06-09 15:39   ` Linus Torvalds
2010-06-09 15:50     ` tytso
2010-06-09 16:06       ` Linus Torvalds
2010-06-09 17:10         ` tytso
2010-06-09 17:23           ` Linus Torvalds
2010-06-09 17:25             ` Linus Torvalds
2010-06-09 17:34               ` tytso
2010-06-09 17:43                 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-06-09 17:47                   ` tytso [this message]
2010-06-09 18:09                     ` Salman Qazi
2010-06-09 11:49 ` Michel Lespinasse
2010-06-09 12:37   ` tytso
2010-06-09 12:17 ` tytso
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-06-09 21:00 Salman
2010-06-09 21:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-06-09 21:33   ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-06-09 22:20     ` Linus Torvalds
2010-06-09 22:27       ` Linus Torvalds
2010-06-10  0:08         ` Salman Qazi
2010-06-10  0:20           ` Linus Torvalds
     [not found]             ` <AANLkTilXJ0X2qxD9cNTlLayKzySEZu1HEZUWu--Go8kw@mail.gmail.com>
2010-06-10  5:55               ` Salman Qazi
2010-06-10 16:39                 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-06-10 20:09 Salman
2010-06-10 20:38 ` tytso
2010-06-10 21:04   ` Salman Qazi
2010-06-10 21:24 Salman
2010-06-11 17:17 Salman
2010-06-11 17:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-06-11 22:49   ` Salman
2010-06-11 23:07     ` Linus Torvalds
2010-06-14 23:58     ` Andrew Morton
2010-06-15  0:56       ` tytso
2010-06-15  1:55         ` Andrew Morton
2010-06-15  3:26           ` Paul Mackerras
2010-06-15  4:21             ` Andrew Morton
2010-06-15  4:38               ` Eric Dumazet
2010-06-15  6:57               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-06-15  7:25               ` Paul Mackerras
2010-06-15 12:56           ` tytso
2010-06-15 13:06             ` Kyle McMartin
2010-06-15 14:35           ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-06-15 19:37             ` Andrew Morton

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