Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 02:28:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 02:28:45 -0500 Received: from waste.org ([209.173.204.2]:43209 "EHLO waste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 02:28:45 -0500 Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 01:38:38 -0600 From: Oliver Xymoron To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] procfs/procps threading performance speedup, 2.5.62 Message-ID: <20030221073838.GI28107@waste.org> References:

Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 847 Lines: 21 On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 09:22:42AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > Al says that this cannot be done sanely, and is fraught with security > > problems. I'd vote for it if it were possible. Al? > > I seriously doubt it. It's all exactly the same as the _current_ > /proc/ stuff, it just shows up in a different place. Well perhaps that was just Al's way of saying the current stuff is broken too. I think we could get into trouble reparenting or exec'ing really quickly though. -- "Love the dolphins," she advised him. "Write by W.A.S.T.E.." - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/