linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 0/6] ioctl()-based API to query VMAs from /proc/<pid>/maps

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Message-ID: <8fca63ef-4618-4e3e-a754-c0118f84e920@p183>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 19:32:11 +0300
From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
	Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	brauner@...nel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	bpf@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	surenb@...gle.com, rppt@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/6] ioctl()-based API to query VMAs from
 /proc/<pid>/maps

On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 02:07:18PM -0400, Liam R. Howlett wrote:
> * Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org> [240627 13:09]:
> > Implement binary ioctl()-based interface to /proc/<pid>/maps file to allow
> > applications to query VMA information more efficiently than reading *all* VMAs
> > nonselectively through text-based interface of /proc/<pid>/maps file.
> > 
> 
> Thanks for doing this Andrii.  It looks to be a step forward for a lot
> of use cases.

Yes, looks like ioctl on text files are the way to go. :-)