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Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 14:49:59 +0100
From: Martin Dalecki <dalecki@evision-ventures.com>
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To: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
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        Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: dot-proc interface [was: /proc stuff]
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Alexander Viro wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Tim Jansen wrote:
> 
> > But how can the user know this without looking into the kernel? Compare it to
> > /proc/mounts. Proc mounts escapes spaces and other special characters in
> > strings with an octal encoding (so spaces are replaced by '\040').
> 
> Ah, yes - the horrible /proc/mounts.  Check that code in 2.4.13-ac8, will
> you?
> 
> Yes, current procfs sucks.  We got a decent infrastructure that allows
> to write that code easily.  Again, see -ac8 and watch fs/namespace.c
> code dealing with /proc/mounts.
> 
> No need to play silly buggers with "one value per file" (and invite the
> Elder Ones with applications trying to use getdents()).  Sigh...

Getdents() can be removed since 2.0 times. I never noticed *any*
application
actually using it.
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