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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 09:48:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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Subject: Re: [patch] procfs/procps threading performance speedup, 2.5.62
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On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> Having the kernel automatically manage creation/destruction of
> directories is the sticking point, AFAIK.

That _used_ to be an issue, since we didn't actually create the dentry at 
fork time. But we do all that maintenance anyway these days, I think.

		Linus

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