Re: [patch] PID namespaces

On Sunday 04 November 2007 10:38, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> I.e. keep the namespace functionality but use a modulo 1.000.000 base 
> for the PIDs so that it all looks nicer to the user. Minimal visibility 
> difference but maximum compatibility. (The resulting limits are 
> reasonable: 1 million tasks per container and 4 million containers on a 
> single 32-bit box.) We could still restrict cross-namespace API use but 

4 thousand, not 4 million.
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References:
- Re: [patch] PID namespace design bug, workaround
  - From: Pavel Emelyanov <[email protected]>
- Re: [patch] PID namespace design bug, workaround
  - From: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
- Re: [patch] PID namespaces
  - From: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>

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