What happens when max PID is reached?

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What happens when max PID is reached?

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06-16-2009, 04:43 AM	#1
sreeharsha.t Member Registered: Jan 2009 Location: Mumbai, India Distribution: Fedora 9, 10,11, RHEL 5 Posts: 67 Rep:	What happens when max PID is reached? Just wondering what happens when the max PID /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max is reached..? Will the PID of the next process be set to something above 1 ? Will the system hang up?

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06-16-2009, 05:29 AM	#2
ilikejam Senior Member Contributing Member Registered: Aug 2003 Location: Glasgow Distribution: Fedora / Solaris Posts: 3,109 Rep:	It just rolls over and starts at the lowest available number. No hang, no problem. Dave
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