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Message-Id: <20080126220336.a2a3caf7.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:03:36 -0800 From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> To: Matt Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, viro@....linux.org.uk, dhowells@...hat.com, wtaber@...ibm.com, owilliam@...ibm.com, rkissel@...ibm.com, hch@....de Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix procfs task exe symlink > On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:29:37 -0800 Matt Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com> wrote: > > Andrew, please consider this patch for inclusion in -mm. > > ... > Can't say that we're particularly exercised about mvfs's problems, but the current way of doing /proc/pid/exe is indeed a nasty hack. > > fs/binfmt_flat.c | 3 + > fs/exec.c | 2 + > fs/proc/base.c | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > fs/proc/internal.h | 1 > fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 34 -------------------- > fs/proc/task_nommu.c | 34 -------------------- > include/linux/init_task.h | 8 ++++ > include/linux/mm.h | 22 +++++++++++++ > include/linux/mm_types.h | 7 ++++ > include/linux/proc_fs.h | 14 +++++++- > kernel/fork.c | 3 + > mm/mmap.c | 22 ++++++++++--- > mm/nommu.c | 15 +++++++- > 13 files changed, 164 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-) It's a fairly expensive fix though. Can't we just do a strcpy() somewhere at exec time? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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