linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Add /proc/pid

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Date:   Wed, 21 Nov 2018 17:29:19 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Daniel Colascione <dancol@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        Tim Murray <timmurray@...gle.com>,
        Primiano Tucci <primiano@...gle.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Add /proc/pid_gen

On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 17:08:08 -0800 Daniel Colascione <dancol@...gle.com> wrote:

> Have you done much
> retrospective long trace analysis?

No.  Have you?

Of course you have, which is why I and others are dependent upon you to
explain why this change is worth adding to Linux.  If this thing solves
a problem which we expect will not occur for anyone between now and the
heat death of the universe then this impacts our decisions.

> The patch already describes the problem, the solution, and the way in
> which this solution is provided. What more information do you want?

I want to know how useful the darn thing is!  Why is this so hard?

And my thus-far-unanswered question regarding testing the feature
is also relevant to that understanding.  What does a testcase look
like?  If we're not actually able to construct one then what does that
mean?