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Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 11:49:56 +1200
From: Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] namespaces: uts_ns: make information visible via	/proc/PID/uts
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Sam Vilain wrote:

>Sam Vilain wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I didn't grab uts_sem.  That semaphore could be made per-uts_ns, in
>>theory.  Whether anyone cares about contention that much is another
>>question.
>> 
>>
>>    
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>
>FWIW, the uts_sem isn't mentioned anywhere in the
>/proc/sys/kernel/osname sysctl, either.  So that interface probably
>isn't safe on SMP/preempt.
>  
>

No, there it is, in proc_doutsstring.  I didn't parse the "doutsstring"
as "do_uts_string".

Sam.
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