Re: [PATCH] Linux-2.5 fix/improve get_pid()

From: Jamie Lokier (lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Date: Sat Aug 10 2002 - 13:48:13 EST


Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > Oh dear -- what of programs that assume duplicate inode numbers are hard
> > links, and therefore assume the same contents will be found in each
> > duplicate?
>
> Well, anybody who tries to back up /proc with "tar" is in for some
> surprises anyway ;)

I was thinking of an over-intelligent `find'. But hey, as long as this
is only for the weird and wonderful /proc :-)

-- Jamie
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