Re: [patch] add file position info to proc

[JÃrn Engel]

On Tue, 27 March 2007 21:24:20 +0000, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
> > 
> > This patch adds support for finding out the current file position,
> > open flags and possibly other info in the future.
> > 
> > These new entries are added:
> > 
> >   /proc/PID/fdinfo/FD
> >   /proc/PID/task/TID/fdinfo/FD
> > 
> > For each fd the information is provided in the following format:
> > 
> > pos:	1234
> > flags:	0100002
> 
> Octal? Maybe we should use more traditional hex here? Or even list
> flags by name?

The flags are defined in octal.  Whether that choice makes sense or
should be rethought is a different question.  I would definitely prefer
hex.

JÃrn

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