Re: [PATCH] Linux-2.5 fix/improve get_pid()

Albert D. Cahalan (acahalan@cs.uml.edu)
Thu, 8 Aug 2002 19:09:33 -0400 (EDT)


Linus Torvalds writes:

> "ps" seems to do ok from a visual standpoint at least up to 99 million.
> Maybe it won't look that good after that, I'm too lazy to test.

Mind sharing what "ps -fj", "ps -lf", and "ps j" look like?
The standard tty is 80x24 BTW, and we already have serious
problems due to ever-expanding tty names.

How about a default limit of 9999, to be adjusted by
sysctl as needed?

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