Re: General questions

From: Russell Coker (russellat_private)
Date: Mon Feb 03 2003 - 03:10:26 PST

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    On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 07:59, Valdis.Kletnieksat_private wrote:
    > > pseudo-fs, what do other people think?  Is a /pseudo-fs/pid/filename
    > > layout better, or just needless added complexity?
    >
    > /pseudo/pid/filename - you then DO have to implement proper permission
    > checking, but authorized tools can then use it to look at other processes.
    > There's already an expectation that things Should Work This Way (see
    > /proc).
    
    Why not just add these things to /proc?  As we have to do permission checking 
    for /proc anyway it makes sense to me to have it all in the one place.
    
    Does Linus object to adding new things to /proc/pid directories?
    
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