linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] what the hell is going on with /proc/self?

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Date:	Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:20:39 -0500
From:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
To:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] what the hell is going on with /proc/self?

On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 03:03:36AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> 	What is the proc_base_stuff[] nonsense about?  AFAICS, that
> went in with no reason whatsoever in
> commit 801199ce805a2412bbcd9bfe213092ec656013dd
> Author: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> Date:   Mon Oct 2 02:18:48 2006 -0700
> 
> 	Rationale is very weak and patch adds considerable complexity
> for no good reason.  Besides, it's obfuscated just for the hell of it:
> 	if (!IS_ERR(result) || PTR_ERR(result) != -ENOENT)
> instead of
> 	if (result != ERR_PTR(-ENOENT))
> etc.
> 
> 	Unless there are _real_ plans that would justify that animal,
> I'm going to get rid of it in the pending patch series (/proc/self
> cleanups, saner dentry retention for non-process parts, etc.).

Seems obvious to cc: Eric.

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