linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] [PATCH procfs] Add process age

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Date:	Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:10:29 -0400
From:	Davidlohr Bueso <dave.bueso@...il.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH procfs] Add process age

On Mon, 2010-07-26 at 16:48 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > True, but there are also many other no-so-useful files under /proc that
> > can also be replaced by userspace apps.
> 
> Example? 

Off the top of my head:

/proc/cmdline
Several entries in /proc/#/status, like Name, PPid, Gid, Uid, etc.

I am not criticizing this, I think some repetitive data is good for
users. Just showing that other features can also be obtained from
userspace.

Davidlohr

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