From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin LaHaise Subject: Re: [PATCH] add file position info to proc Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:23:05 -0500 Message-ID: <20070309152305.GK6209@kvack.org> References: <1173453306.12462.22.camel@kleikamp.austin.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Miklos Szeredi , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de To: Dave Kleikamp Return-path: Received: from kanga.kvack.org ([66.96.29.28]:53594 "EHLO kanga.kvack.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2993107AbXCIPXM (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:23:12 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1173453306.12462.22.camel@kleikamp.austin.ibm.com> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 09:15:06AM -0600, Dave Kleikamp wrote: > I think this information would be a little easier to access if there > would be a single file per pid or thread containing something like: > > handle flags pos path > 0 0100002 1234 /dev/pts/1 > 1 0100004 5678 /tmp/output > etc. That would not be a good idea, as not all users have the same permissions for viewing this information. It's also quite against the design philosophy used elsewhere in /proc. -ben -- "Time is of no importance, Mr. President, only life is important." Don't Email: .