Re: [PATCH] Core patch for 32-bit UIDs

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
17 Dec 1999 12:51:24 -0800

Followup to: <3859DEDD.5758A6B@alumni.caltech.edu>
By author: Dan Kegel <dank@alumni.caltech.edu>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> I'd like to put my +1 in for 32-bit UIDs.
>
> Now, about those 16 bit PID's... is it really fair to
> allow more users than threads or processes ?
> (Just kidding. At least for now.)
>

Latent users versus active processes? I think so. However, 15-bit
PIDs probably aren't enough either (PIDs are signed, therefore they're
15-bit rather than 16-bit.) I'd like to see going to 31-bit PIDs,
especially since the current plan is to assign TIDs from the same
pool.

-hpa

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