linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] proc: move the adding option Ngid to the end of proc/PID/status

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Message-ID: <20150417025624.GA12709@htj.duckdns.org>
Date:	Thu, 16 Apr 2015 22:56:24 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Wang Xiaoming <xiaoming.wang@...el.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, oleg@...hat.com,
	andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com, linux@...musvillemoes.dk,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com, eparis@...hat.com,
	chenhanxiao@...fujitsu.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Schallberger, Timothy M" <timothy.m.schallberger@...el.com>,
	Dongxing Zhang <dongxing.zhang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: move the adding option Ngid to the end of
 proc/PID/status

On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 10:13:15AM +0800, Wang Xiaoming wrote:
> Move debugging has been done and the following Kernel issue
> was found with a number of applications.
> Take a look at: (even though the comments are for Weibo.browser
> they also pertain to other apps that use Libsecuritysdk-x.x.x.so
> 
> In kernel(3.14) is a little different than before
> it will generate /proc/PID/status in this way:
> Name: a.weibo.browser
> State: T (stopped)
> Tgid: 8487
> Ngid: 0     ---- add in kernel after (3.11 maybe)

Well, that's kinda hilarious and I don't know.  3.11 is way back and
what if there are others depending on the current ordering?  Both
situations kinda suck so what's the point of changing?

-- 
tejun
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