Index: sys/kern/kern_fork.c =================================================================== --- sys/kern/kern_fork.c +++ sys/kern/kern_fork.c @@ -210,8 +210,13 @@ if (error == 0 && req->newptr != NULL) { if (pid < 0 || pid > pid_max - 100) /* out of range */ pid = pid_max - 100; - else if (pid < 2) /* NOP */ - pid = 0; + else if (pid == 1) { + /* + * Generate a random PID modulus, range: 100 to 999) + * arc4random() % (max_num + 1 - min_num) + min_num + */ + pid = abs((int)arc4random()) % (999 + 1 - 100) + 100; + } else if (pid < 100) /* Make it reasonable */ pid = 100; randompid = pid; @@ -221,7 +226,7 @@ } SYSCTL_PROC(_kern, OID_AUTO, randompid, CTLTYPE_INT|CTLFLAG_RW, - 0, 0, sysctl_kern_randompid, "I", "Random PID modulus"); + 0, 0, sysctl_kern_randompid, "I", "Random PID modulus. Special values: 0: disable, 1: choose random value"); static int fork_findpid(int flags)