[Devel] Re: [PATCH] namespaces: uts_ns: make information visible via /proc/PID/uts directory

Sam Vilain sam at vilain.net
Mon May 22 16:49:56 PDT 2006


Sam Vilain wrote:

>Sam Vilain wrote:
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>>I didn't grab uts_sem.  That semaphore could be made per-uts_ns, in
>>theory.  Whether anyone cares about contention that much is another
>>question.
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>FWIW, the uts_sem isn't mentioned anywhere in the
>/proc/sys/kernel/osname sysctl, either.  So that interface probably
>isn't safe on SMP/preempt.
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No, there it is, in proc_doutsstring.  I didn't parse the "doutsstring"
as "do_uts_string".

Sam.




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