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What causes pid values to be recycled?

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weipers

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Hi,

What causes pids to be reset or rolled over once they reach a certain value?

I see that 'pidmax' is by default set to 30,000. Is it this kernel param that drives the rollover of pid values?

Cheers,
 
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