Re: [RFC] fs, proc: Introduce the /proc/<pid>/map_files/ directory v2

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Wed Aug 24 2011 - 05:34:41 EST


Hello,

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:53:29PM +0400, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> +static const struct dentry_operations tid_map_files_dentry_operations = {
> + .d_revalidate = pid_revalidate,
> + .d_delete = pid_delete_dentry,
> +};

Why pid_revalidate? Shouldn't it be verifying the entry against the
current vmas? vmas (of course) can change while the process is
running.

Thanks.

--
tejun
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