What is it ? pid_t is an int, which is 4 bytes (at least on 386, which concerns me, and
I presume it's no shorter elsewhere) but I don't ever recall noticing a PID
longer than 5 digits, and that's how much space there is for is for PID in
top's output, so I'm guessing it wraps after 64K. As pid_t is 4 bytes, why
is the wrapping done at 2 bytes (if I'm correct, and I think I am)
Regards,
Niall O Broin
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