linux-kernel - Re: [1/2,v2] fdmap(2)

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Date:   Fri, 20 Oct 2017 09:48:29 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Andrei Vagin <avagin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@...il.com>,
        Alexey Gladkov <gladkov.alexey@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [1/2,v2] fdmap(2)

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 05:34:35PM +0200, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> So the answer it not to fix /proc, the answer it to leave /proc alone.

No, because:

> The answer is make Unix shell people move their lazy asses and
> implement minimal type system and a way to execute raw system calls
> like all normal programming languages do. They still haven't done it
> after dozens of years and are arrogant enough to say "oh uh we can't
> use cat and pipe to awk".

Have you submitted changes and patches to those projects in order to
implement such a thing?

If not, just complaining about it isn't going to change anything, you
know better than that :)

sorry,

greg k-h