Subject: Re: /proc + Linux emul: "exe" is no symlink
To: None <tech-kern@NetBSD.org>
From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/24/2006 19:01:02
> Linux:
> rfhinf090% dir /proc/$$/exe
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 feyrer bedienst 0 Oct 25 00:31 /proc/19364/exe -> /bin/tcsh
> NetBSD:
> noon% dir /emul/linux/proc/$$/exe
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 298032 Aug 11 02:09 /emul/linux/proc/13537/exe
> How hard would it be to fix our procfs to have the 'exe' entry as
> symlink? Or is there a good reason not to follow Linux (in Linux
> emul!) here?
What does the link point to if the executable has been unlinked? Or if
it's not accessible under the current root dir (ie, in a chroot)?
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