linux-kernel - Re: [take2] Inotify: nested attributes support.

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Message-ID: <20081126084619.GA22577@ioremap.net>
Date:	Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:46:19 +0300
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	john@...nmccutchan.com, arnd@...db.de, mtk.manpages@...il.com,
	hch@....de, rlove@...ve.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pavel@...e.cz,
	davidn@...idnewall.com, Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [take2] Inotify: nested attributes support.

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 12:38:25AM -0800, Andrew Morton (akpm@...ux-foundation.org) wrote:
> That means that the code delivers non-unique process identifiers to
> userspace.  A client gets pid=42 but there are seven processes on the
> machine with that pid.  Problem.

Because of namespaces I suppose? This is not a problem for those who
run in the same namespace, otherwise we can add nsproxy ID if needed for
anyone.

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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