[RFC][PATCH 0/3] Procfs Task exe Symlinks

2007-10-31 Thread Matt Helsley
The kernel implements readlink of /proc/pid/exe by getting the file from the first executable VMA. Then the path to the file is reconstructed and reported as the result. While this method is often correct it does not always identify the correct path. I've described the problem in much greater

[RFC][PATCH 0/3] Procfs Task exe Symlinks

2007-10-31 Thread Matt Helsley
The kernel implements readlink of /proc/pid/exe by getting the file from the first executable VMA. Then the path to the file is reconstructed and reported as the result. While this method is often correct it does not always identify the correct path. I've described the problem in much greater