Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 06 Nov 2001 14:49:59 +0100 | From | Martin Dalecki <> | Subject | Re: PROPOSAL: dot-proc interface [was: /proc stuff] |
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Alexander Viro wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Tim Jansen wrote: > > > But how can the user know this without looking into the kernel? Compare it to > > /proc/mounts. Proc mounts escapes spaces and other special characters in > > strings with an octal encoding (so spaces are replaced by '\040'). > > Ah, yes - the horrible /proc/mounts. Check that code in 2.4.13-ac8, will > you? > > Yes, current procfs sucks. We got a decent infrastructure that allows > to write that code easily. Again, see -ac8 and watch fs/namespace.c > code dealing with /proc/mounts. > > No need to play silly buggers with "one value per file" (and invite the > Elder Ones with applications trying to use getdents()). Sigh...
Getdents() can be removed since 2.0 times. I never noticed *any* application actually using it. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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