linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] locks: Filter /proc/locks output on proc pid ns

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Date:	Wed, 3 Aug 2016 18:10:52 +0300
From:	Nikolay Borisov <kernel@...p.com>
To:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
Cc:	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...tuozzo.com>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...chiereds.net>,
	Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] locks: Filter /proc/locks output on proc pid ns



On 08/03/2016 06:06 PM, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> Digging around...  Oh, I see, there's an optional 'lock:..' line in
> /proc/[pid]/fdinfo/[pid] file, is that what you're looking at?  I'd
> forgotten.  Yeah, maybe that would make more sense long term.

Yep, that's the one but this requires the userspace to be updated to use
that interface. In the meantime we could do away with some maintenance
of the existing /proc/locks :)