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

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Message-ID: <20100728065640.GD5161@cr0.nay.redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:56:40 +0800
From:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	Davidlohr Bueso <dave.bueso@...il.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	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, Jul 26, 2010 at 11:10:29AM -0400, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
>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

Are you kidding?

/proc/cmdlines contains lots of info, it is not only used by the kernel,
but also used by initramfs (this depends on your distribution).

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