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> > > > it breaks ABI because this structure is communicated to userspace, and > > you change both the layout and the size of it. What else would ABI > > mean?? > > > Many structures exported to user space in kernel are undergoing some > change, A good application shouldn't count on invariability forever, > My test application hasn't any problem before change and after change. this is absolutely incorrect. This is an ABI that cannot change in any incompatible way. > > > > but... what makes you think it's not a kernel thread such as kjournald? > > (which have basically meaningless current) > > > you can get values of these fields without any problem for kernel > thread although they are useless. exactly > > > > there is no "full path name" concept in linux like that. And even worse, > > many processes will not have *any* path because they have been deleted, > > especially the viruses will use this ;) > > > For this case you said, this patch has now way really, do you have a > good way to handle this case? it sounds that what you want to achieve is broken in the first place... (or should use audit etc) - 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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