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Re: task free entries

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Subject: Re: task free entries
From: Marco Cova <giardini@libero.it>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 23:15:11 -0700
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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
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