Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:12:22 -0700
From: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
To: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman)
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       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acahalan@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] ps command race fix
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Eric wrote:
> Actually except when we can't find the process we were just at
> the current code doesn't miss any newly added processes. 

Random thought -- could we have file descriptors open on /proc put some
sort of 'hold' on whatever /proc entry they were just at, so it doesn't
disappear out from under them, even if that process has otherwise fully
exited?

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