linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/proc: introduce /proc/stat2 file

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Message-ID: <CAKOZuesWpDJqqtyMxpVWBhe0ZnS3e=NOm6ZOeizuxX37tk2BbA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 7 Nov 2018 16:01:20 +0000
From:   Daniel Colascione <dancol@...gle.com>
To:     Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>, longman@...hat.com,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/proc: introduce /proc/stat2 file

On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 3:54 PM, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 4:42 PM, Daniel Colascione <dancol@...gle.com> wrote:
>
>> configuration!" is something I've heard more than once. Who's to say
>> that sysfs is for exposing /proc/pid/stat,
>
> Patch is about /proc/stat not /proc/PID/stat.  Please revise your
> arguments based on that.

My argument stands. The considerations I'm discussing apply to both
process-specific and system-global information files.