On 7/25/12 11:33 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> I cannot see how CHILD_MAX is related to pid reuse. CHILD_MAX is a
> per-user limit, but the pid namespace is global. If the shell forks a
> new process, and the pid of it matches one of the previously used pids
> for asynchronous jobs it can surely discard the remembered status for
> that job.
Thanks, that's a good restatement of the problem. Your proposed solution
is one of the possibles. The question is whether or not it's necessary
(apparently on some systems) and sufficient (probably).
Chet
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