Pid_max Home » CentOS » Pid_max February 28, 2018 Jerry Geis CentOS 3 Comments I have two systems both running CentOS 7.4 one shows pid_max as 32768 the other shows pid_max as 49152 Why might that be ? I would have thought they would be the same. I have not changed them. Thanks, Jerry
February 28, 2018 Jerry Geis CentOS 3 Comments I have two systems both running CentOS 7.4 one shows pid_max as 32768 the other shows pid_max as 49152 Why might that be ? I would have thought they would be the same. I have not changed them. Thanks, Jerry
I think that max is calculated as a function of number of CPUs. Maybe those two installations differ in that regard? /Peter
Hi Peter, Thanks… The machine with the higher PID number is a Xeon while the other one is a i7. So that could be why its different. Thanks Jerry
3 thoughts on - Pid_max
Jerry Geis wrote:
Where does it come from, tuned profiles?
I think that max is calculated as a function of number of CPUs. Maybe those two installations differ in that regard?
/Peter
Hi Peter, Thanks… The machine with the higher PID number is a Xeon while the other one is a i7. So that could be why its different.
Thanks
Jerry