Re: [PATCH] add file position info to proc

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On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 10:23 -0500, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 09:15:06AM -0600, Dave Kleikamp wrote:
> > I think this information would be a little easier to access if there
> > would be a single file per pid or thread containing something like:
> > 
> > handle	flags	pos	path
> > 0	0100002	1234	/dev/pts/1
> > 1	0100004	5678	/tmp/output
> > etc.
> 
> That would not be a good idea, as not all users have the same permissions 
> for viewing this information.

How will this have different permission issues than Miklos' patch?

> It's also quite against the design philosophy 
> used elsewhere in /proc.

What's so different between this and /proc/<pid>/maps
or /proc/<pid>/mounts?

-- 
David Kleikamp
IBM Linux Technology Center

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