Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:12:22 -0700 | | From | Paul Jackson <> | | Subject | Re: [RFC] ps command race fix |
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Eric wrote: > Actually except when we can't find the process we were just at > the current code doesn't miss any newly added processes.
Random thought -- could we have file descriptors open on /proc put some sort of 'hold' on whatever /proc entry they were just at, so it doesn't disappear out from under them, even if that process has otherwise fully exited?
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