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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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