Messages in this thread | | | From | "Strohm Thomas (FV/SLD) *" <> | Subject | Re: /proc guidelines and sysctl | Date | Mon, 31 Jan 2000 17:21:33 +0100 |
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Hi!
Sorry, I picked up this discussion a bit late...
> Are you just blind to the neverending format/compatiblity/parsing/performance > problems the whole idea behing /proc induces inherently?
IMHO the only serious point against /proc in the discussion sysctl() vs. /proc was the formatting issue (performance set aside).
I think this is a very serious point and could be circumvented by introducing alternative *binary* file formats. For instance: meminfo would be paralleled by a binary file meminfo.b and a struct proc_meminfo {...} in <linux/proc_fmts.h>. Then there would be no problem with parsing anymore. And the advantage to be able to access the meminfo information in readable form via the VFS would be retained.
The compatibility problem is also a non-issue if the get_*() functions are changed synchronously with the corresponding struct in proc_fmts.h as all the applications are available in source code :-). Aren't they?
Thomas Strohm
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