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SubjectRe: /proc/<pid>/exe symlink behavior change in >=3.15.
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On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 11:44 PM, Piotr Karbowski
<piotr.karbowski@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Starting with kernel 3.15 the 'exe' symlink under /proc/<pid>/ acts diffrent
> than it used to in all the pre-3.15 kernels.
>
> The usecase:
>
> run /root/testbin (app that just sleeps)
> cp /root/testbin /root/testbin.new
> mv /root/testbin.new /root/testbin
> ls -al /proc/`pidof testbin`/exe
>
> <=3.14: /root/testbin (deleted)
>>=3.15: /root/testbin.new (deleted)
>
> Was the change intentional? It does render my system unusable and I failed
> to find a information about such change in the ChangeLog.

Can you please find the offending commit?
Using an automated bisect run this should be easily doable.

--
Thanks,
//richard


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