On 08/26, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > > On Aug 26, 2013 12:35 PM, "Linus Torvalds" <torva...@linux-foundation.org> > wrote: > > > > Yes, it would be semantically different, but it would mean that > > "/proc/self/fd/" would actually make sense in a way that it currently > > does *not* - which would seem fairly important, since the primary use > > for it tends to be /dev/stdin. > > > > And the other semantic differences might be much harder to notice. > > Worth testing? > > The "children" subdirectory will be different. But it's already screwed up.
No, it lives in tid_base_stuff, it should be only visible in /proc/*/task/tid/ dir. (and perhaps it also makes sense to remove mem/exe-like things from tid_base_stuff...) Anyway I agree, this change is risky. Oleg. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
