Re: linux-proc readlink patch

[Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>]

Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
> 
> Daniel Jacobowitz writes:
> > The link was 'magic' - its text was something along the lines of a
> > device and inode number, I believe.  It's not worth worrying about
> > unless someone actually reports it broken, I think.
> 
> I'm getting a nostalgia rush.
> 
> My recollection is the same as Daniel's.  /proc/$pid/exe has been a
> symlink for a long time, since 1996 or so.  And it's been usable all
> that time if you just open up the file and use it.
> 
> The original name was indeed "device:inode" which was unusable.  I don't
> know when the transitition to a real file name took place.  The last
> two stable versions of the kernel (2.2 and 2.4) have real file names
> instead of "device:inode" and I feel comfortable relying on a feature
> that is in the past two major versions.

Whew!  Thank you, Mr. History Buff!  ;-)