Just Curious:
When I started with Linux (when the whole kernel would still fit on a
3.5 inch floppy), there was only one series of PIDs; now there seem to
be several, running concurrently. Early in the session. PID numbers are greater than they used to be.
Is there a reason for this?
Just Curious:
When I started with Linux (when the whole kernel would still fit on a
3.5 inch floppy), there was only one series of PIDs; now there seem to
be several, running concurrently. Early in the session. PID numbers are greater than they used to be.
Is there a reason for this?
Doug.
On Thu, 07 Jul 2022 10:18:32 -0400, Doug Laidlaw
<laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> wrote:
Just Curious:
When I started with Linux (when the whole kernel would still fit on
a 3.5 inch floppy), there was only one series of PIDs; now there
seem to be several, running concurrently. Early in the session.
PID numbers are greater than they used to be.
Is there a reason for this?
1. Multi threaded programming for better utilization for multiple
cores with each thread being given it's own pid. [...]
Just Curious:
When I started with Linux (when the whole kernel would still fit on a
3.5 inch floppy), there was only one series of PIDs; now there seem to
be several, running concurrently. Early in the session. PID numbers are greater than they used to be.
Is there a reason for this?
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