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Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:45:41 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] add file position info to proc
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:04:09 +0100 Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> wrote:

> This patch adds support for finding out the current file position,
> open flags and possibly other info in the future.
> 
> These new entries are added:
> 
>   /proc/PID/fdinfo/FD
>   /proc/PID/task/TID/fdinfo/FD
> 
> For each fd the information is provided in the following format:
> 
> pos:	1234
> flags:	0100002

I've seen the idea mentioned once or twice, but not with any great
enthusiasm.  Why does Linux want this feature?