Contents:
* /proc/net/* stuff mostly made dynamic. No more explicit struct
proc_dir_entry in networking code.
* Closed an oopsable bug in drivers/net/bmac.c - it forgot to
release the /proc/net/bmac entry.
* system-wide stuff in fs/proc/array.c made dynamic too and moved
into fs/proc/proc_misc.c
* fs/proc/net.c is gone. RIP.
* proc_net_inode_operations is gone. It was an 100% equivalent of
proc_file_inode_operations, which is default.
* generic cleanup in fs/proc/* - things that should be static made
static, etc.
TODO:
* pseudo-revoke() for /proc/<pid>/* stuff. That will kill most of
permission checks. It will take an addition of new field (cyclic
list head) to task_struct and switching to dynamic inumbers for
procfs. Then we will be able to invalidate those inodes on exit(),
so that even if a new process would get the same PID old inodes
would stay dissociated from all processes.
* Extermination of scanning the whole struct file list upon removal
of procfs entry. Mostly the same technics as above.
* Cleanup of situation with symlinks.
Patched kernel compiles, but the patch is almost untested. You are warned.
It is early alpha. With all usual implications. Help with testing is
welcome, indeed, just don't forget to mount a scratch monkey ;-)
Cheers,
Al
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