On Gwe, 2005-11-11 at 02:11 +0100, Claudio Scordino wrote: > > You need to wrap this with a read_lock(&tasklist_lock) to be safe, I think. > > Right. Probably this was the meaning also of Hua's mail. Sorry, but I didn't > get it immediately. > > So, what if I do as follows ? Do you see any problem with this solution ? It will depend on the data accuracy. If the information on cpu usage is very accurate then it becomes a way to analyse what is happening to tasks you don't own - such as say cryptographic functions in the web server... Otherwise, or with an owner check I see no real problem with the concept -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
