From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alex Larsson <alexl@redhat.com>,
procps-list@redhat.com, Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [patch] procfs/procps threading performance speedup, 2.5.62
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 12:28:57 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030220172857.GH9800@gtf.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0302201810160.32017-100000@localhost.localdomain>
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 06:14:38PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > It would just be _so_ much nicer if the threads would show up as
> > subdirectories ie /proc/<tgid>/<tid>/xxx. More scalable, more readable,
> > and just generally more sane.
>
> Al says that this cannot be done sanely, and is fraught with security
> problems. I'd vote for it if it were possible. Al?
Having the kernel automatically manage creation/destruction of
directories is the sticking point, AFAIK.
Why not use the "squid method"? Create directories 00..FF, and sort the
pids/tids into buckets that way. Then you are not creating and
destroying directories all the time.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-02-20 17:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-20 16:33 [patch] procfs/procps threading performance speedup, 2.5.62 Ingo Molnar
2003-02-20 16:47 ` Miquel van Smoorenburg
2003-02-20 16:55 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-02-20 17:00 ` Nikita Danilov
2003-02-20 17:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-20 17:14 ` Ingo Molnar
2003-02-20 17:22 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-21 7:38 ` Oliver Xymoron
2003-02-20 17:23 ` Ingo Molnar
2003-02-22 20:52 ` Albert Cahalan
2003-02-22 21:55 ` Andrew Morton
2003-02-22 23:04 ` Albert Cahalan
2003-02-23 18:49 ` Ingo Molnar
2003-02-23 21:51 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2003-02-24 9:28 ` Ingo Molnar
2003-02-24 11:12 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2003-02-24 11:26 ` Ingo Molnar
2003-02-24 12:29 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2003-02-24 12:41 ` Ingo Molnar
2003-02-24 12:45 ` Ingo Molnar
2003-02-24 12:52 ` Ingo Molnar
2003-02-24 9:38 ` Ingo Molnar
2003-02-24 12:13 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2003-02-20 17:28 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2003-02-20 17:30 ` Ingo Molnar
2003-02-20 17:48 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-20 17:20 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-02-20 19:13 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
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