Pathname escaping is not done properly in /proc/<pid>/maps; because of this, different pathnames may appear the same (verified by experiment and reading the source code). --- man5/proc.5 | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index e59bd3390..38663bdff 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -1214,6 +1214,17 @@ short of running it through .BR strace (1), or similar. .IP +.I pathname +is shown unescaped except for newline characters, which are replaced +with an octal escape sequence. As a result, it is not possible to determine +whether the original pathname contained a newline character +or the literal +.I \\\012 +character sequence. +.IP +If the mapping is file-backed and the file has been deleted, the string +" (deleted)" is appended to the pathname. Note that this is ambiguous too. +.IP Under Linux 2.0, there is no field giving pathname. .TP .I /proc/[pid]/mem -- 2.18.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
