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Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH procfs] Add process age
From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave.bueso@gmail.com>
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To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:10:29 -0400
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On Mon, 2010-07-26 at 16:48 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > True, but there are also many other no-so-useful files under /proc that
> > can also be replaced by userspace apps.
> 
> Example? 

Off the top of my head:

/proc/cmdline
Several entries in /proc/#/status, like Name, PPid, Gid, Uid, etc.

I am not criticizing this, I think some repetitive data is good for
users. Just showing that other features can also be obtained from
userspace.

Davidlohr

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