linux-kernel - Re: [REVIEW][PATCH 0/4] /proc/thread-self

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Date:	Fri, 1 Aug 2014 09:14:45 +0200
From:	Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@...glemail.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [REVIEW][PATCH 0/4] /proc/thread-self

On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:30 AM, Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com> wrote:
>
> This patchset implements /proc/thread-self a magic symlink that
> solves a couple of problems.

shouldn't we keep the 'task' in the name, as it points into the 'task'
directory? And why not mimic the current 'self -> <id>' ideom under
/proc/<tgid>/task too and put a new 'self' link there:

$ ls -l /proc/self/task/self
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug  1 00:00 /proc/self/task/self -> 484

Bert
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