On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 10:53:50PM -0700, Anupam Kapoor wrote: > Hi all, [snip] > > When a new process is created, how is the pid for the new process > determined ? I would assume that a separate free list is used to > quickly perform a lookup. Is this true ? > > I have looked at sched.h (task_struct) but cannot find the relevant > code. Any pointers/clarifications would be greatly appreciated. The relevant function is kernel/fork.c:get_pid Marco -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
