On 01/26, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Sun, 26 Jan 2025 at 10:54, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I don't think we even need to detect the /proc/self/ or /proc/self-thread/ > > case, next_tid() can just check same_thread_group, > > That was my thinking yes. > > If we exclude them from /proc/*/task entirely, I'd worry that it would > hide it from some management tool and be used for nefarious purposes Agreed, > (even if they then show up elsewhere that the tool wouldn't look at). Even if we move them from /proc/*/task to /proc ? Perhaps, I honestly do not know what will/can confuse userspace more. > But as mentioned, maybe this is all more of a hack than what kvm now does. I don't know. But I will be happy to make a patch if we have a consensus. Oleg.
