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A pid is the process identification number. Special pids are [[swapper]] (0) and [[init]] (1). | A pid is the [[process]] identification number. Special pids are [[swapper]] (0) and [[init]] (1). | ||
=== Random pids === | === Random pids === | ||
[[OpenBSD]] | [[OpenBSD]] chooses a random pid number when a new [[process]] is [[fork]]ed, other systems choose the next sequentially available number, and when the maximum pid number is reached the number will wrap around back to the beginning. This means that pids are recycled and on a busy system it may not take long for a new process to take the pid of another process that just ended. | ||
There are patches for other OSes, including Linux have patches for this (http://www.vanheusden.com/Linux/sp/) | |||
Latest revision as of 05:26, 30 July 2010
A pid is the process identification number. Special pids are swapper (0) and init (1).
Random pids
OpenBSD chooses a random pid number when a new process is forked, other systems choose the next sequentially available number, and when the maximum pid number is reached the number will wrap around back to the beginning. This means that pids are recycled and on a busy system it may not take long for a new process to take the pid of another process that just ended.
There are patches for other OSes, including Linux have patches for this (http://www.vanheusden.com/Linux/sp/)
