Renderer process PID = 1

[Fdominguez]

Hi.

Im trying to identify the specific PID at where the renderer process is running and I'm getting a PID of 1 which does not make sense as 1 usually means the initialization of Linux

I used getpid() and I also used context->GetBrowser()->GetIdentifier() inside my RenderApp::OnContextCreated() method.

Can I get a bit of an explanation of how the CEF processes and threads work? I've read the general usage wiki a couple times but I dont quite get why the PID would be 1

Thanks

[magreenblatt]

The CefBrowser::GetIdentifier() method returns an incremental value that's specific to CEF. I think the getpid() function should return whatever the OS thinks is the process ID, and should probably be the same value that you see with a command like `ps -ax`. It's possible that the Chromium sandbox interferes with the getpid() function in some way but I'm not aware of any specific details.

[Fdominguez]

The CefBrowser::GetIdentifier() method returns an incremental value that's specific to CEF. I think the getpid() function should return whatever the OS thinks is the process ID, and should probably be the same value that you see with a command like `ps -ax`. It's possible that the Chromium sandbox interferes with the getpid() function in some way but I'm not aware of any specific details.

I see.

I ran the program with the --no-sandbox command and this time did give me the right PID. Therefore,unless is not the browser process I can't rely on the kernel functions due to the CEF sandbox.

Thanks