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Message-Id: <20080109201516.ADAD326F9A8@magilla.localdomain>
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 12:15:16 -0800 (PST)
From: Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] show_task: real_parent
I agree with your points. I thought about making it display both.
But I didn't want to worry about breaking scripts that parse console
logs or whatever. Personally I don't think I've ever found the ppid
in that display useful in debugging a ptrace issue. I don't have any
special opinions about this display. I just went on a little crusade
to get rid of task_struct.parent uses that aren't specifically for
its ptrace/wait purpose.
Thanks,
Roland
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