Re: pg_jobc going negative?

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost (Mouse) writes:

>> pg_jobc is a process group struct member counting the number of
>> processes with [...]

>> [W]e caught issues that pg_jobc can go negative.  [...]

>> Is going negative in the first place a real bug?

>I would say, yes.  A "count of processes with [condition]" cannot ever
>truly be negative.

Unfortunately it doesn't "count processes with [condition]", that's
more a coincidence on how the mechanism is used.

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