Re: PID_MAX (was console hangs, but machine still up)

[Niklas Hallqvist <niklas@appli.se>]

> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 03:41:25 -0300
> From: "Federico G. Schwindt" <fgsch@olimpo.com.br>

>   PID_MAX has been updated a few times lately. The first modification
> change the PID_MAX value to 99999, then moved to 65535, and finally
> to the actual value, 32766.
>   Nothing is wrong there. Just need to recompile your kernel.

Well, it deserves to mention that you should upgrade if you see PIDs
larger than 32766.  The fat PIDs caused subtle errors here and there.
And if you have hanging sendmail, httpd and/or inetd services, upgrade as
well.  For a little while there was an accept bug that could cause
listen sockets to stop working under some load.

Niklas