Re: [PATCH v2] Document /proc/pid PID reuse behavior

Jonathan Corbet
2018-11-20T16:50:28Z

On Tue, 20 Nov 2018 10:05:21 +0100
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> wrote:

> Why can't the documentation describe the current implementation, and
> change in the future if the implementation changes? I doubt somebody
> would ever rely on the pid being reused while having the descriptor
> open. How would that make sense?

In the hopes of ending this discussion, I'm going to go ahead and apply
this. Documenting current behavior is good, especially in situations
where that behavior can surprise people; if the implementation changes,
the docs can change with it.

Thanks,

jon