Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:01:02 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Mark timer_stats as incompatible with multiple pid namespaces |
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* Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> wrote:
> /proc/timer_stats currently reports the user of a timer by pid, which > is a reasonable approach. However if you are not in the initial pid > namespace the pid that is reported is nonsense. > > Therefore until we can make timer_stats pid namespace safe just > disable it in the build if pid namespace support is selected so we at > least know we have a conflict.
What the heck??? Please solve this properly instead of hiding it. /proc/timer_stats is damn useful and it's a must-have for powertop to work.
Ingo
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