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To: "Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@aracnet.com>
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Subject: Re: ps performance sucks (was Re: dcache_rcu [performance results])
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>>>>> "Martin" == Martin J Bligh <mbligh@aracnet.com> writes:

>> And i'd still keep environ seperate.  I'm inclined to think ps
>> should never have presented it in the first place.  This is the
>> direction i (for what it's worth) favor.

Martin> If it doesn't need it then sure, otherwise just dump whatever
Martin> it needs in there. The seperate files would still be there
Martin> too.
 

Why not make an mmapable file in /proc  with everything in it?
It can be sparse, so have the first part a bit map to say what
processes are active, then just look at the bits you need.
That gets rid of all but the open and mmap system call.

Peter C
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