process - Maximum number of processes in linux

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asked Oct 17, 2021 in Technique[技术] by 深蓝 (71.8m points)

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深蓝 · Answer 1 · 2021-10-16T22:31:05+0000

Your kernel should export this information in procfs:

cat /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max

This is the maximum number of unique process identifiers your system can support.

Since it is a file, /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max can be inspected from any capable programming language.