linux-kernel - Re: [patch 019/233] proc: fix the threaded /proc/self

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Date:	Fri, 8 Feb 2008 14:54:51 +0100
From:	"Guillaume Chazarain" <guichaz@...il.com>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
	mingo@...e.hu, oleg@...sign.ru, rjw@...k.pl, roland@...hat.com,
	xemul@...nvz.org,
	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 019/233] proc: fix the threaded /proc/self

On Feb 8, 2008 1:18 PM,  <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> Long ago when the CLONE_THREAD support first went it someone thought it
> would be wise to point /proc/self at /proc/<tgid> instead of /proc/<pid>.

The last message about this conversation is:

http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/1/172

So I thought we would end up with a new file, in order to make the
change discoverable.

-- 
Guillaume
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