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From: Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [REVIEW][PATCH 0/4] /proc/thread-self
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 09:14:45 +0200
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On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:30 AM, Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm-aS9lmoZGLiVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> This patchset implements /proc/thread-self a magic symlink that
> solves a couple of problems.

shouldn't we keep the 'task' in the name, as it points into the 'task'
directory? And why not mimic the current 'self -> <id>' ideom under
/proc/<tgid>/task too and put a new 'self' link there:

$ ls -l /proc/self/task/self
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug  1 00:00 /proc/self/task/self -> 484

Bert