Hi, > we see this code in proc_pid_lookup: > > tgid = name_to_int(dentry); > if (tgid == ~0U) > goto out; > > In other words, if you ask for pid 0, it bails and doesn't return anything. Are you sure that this is what it cjecks? ~0U is not 0 but -1; for example, try: printf("%d\n",~0U ); printf("%x\n",~0U ); printf("%x\n",-1 ); and you get: -1 ffffffff ffffffff rgs Kevin _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies