linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] proc: Expose /proc/<pid>/task/<tid>/children unconditionally

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Date:	Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:36:31 -0700
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: Expose /proc/<pid>/task/<tid>/children unconditionally

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
> On 06/26, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:51:45PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>> > This is currently only available if CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE, which
>> > is hidden under CONFIG_EXPERT.  It's generally useful functionality,
>> > though, so expose it unconditionally.
>> >
>> > Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
>> > Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
>> Acked-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
>
> I didn't see the patch but I guess it is trivial and I agree with intent ;)

The patch works, but "children" is only listed under task/<tid>, not
under /proc/<pid>.  Is that intentional?  Fixing it would be a
one-liner.

--Andy
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