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>Also there's no guarantee whatsoever that /proc/123 is going to refer to a specific process does using openat solve that or is there some kind of directory in
by knome 3y ago
>Also there's no guarantee whatsoever that /proc/123 is going to refer to a specific process
does using openat solve that or is there some kind of directory inode reuse occurring?
- iforgotpassword 3y agoNo, that's usually the way to go, although I couldn't guarantee you that inodes could theoretically get reused; I never checked. I would assume you don't reuse an inode that's still in use...
- lathiat 3y agoSee also, pidfd, for similar reasons: https://lwn.net/Articles/794707/ https://lwn.net/Articles/794707/